Finally, concerning the resurrection of the dead, we confess with the mouth, and believe with the heart, according to Scripture, that in the last day all men who shall then have died, and fallen asleep, shall be awaked and quickened, and shall rise again, through the incomprehensible power of God; and that they, together with those who then will still be alive, and who shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of the last trump, shall be placed before the judgment seat of Christ, and the good be separated from the wicked; that then every one shall receive in his own body according to that he hath done, whether it be good or evil; and that the good or pious, as the blessed, shall be taken up with Christ, and shall enter into life eternal, and obtain that joy, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man, to reign and triumph with Christ forever and ever. Matt. 22:30,31; Dan. 12:12; Job 19:26,27; Matt. 25:31; John 5:28; 2 Cor. 5:10; 1 Cor. 15; Rev. 20:12; 1 Thess. 4:15; 1 Cor. 2:9.
And that, on the other hand, the wicked or impious, as accursed, shall be cast into outer darkness, yea, into the everlasting pains of hell, where their worm shall not die, nor their fire be quenched, and where they, according to holy Scripture, can nevermore expect any hope, comfort or redemption. Mark 9:44; Rev. 14:11.
May the Lord, through his grace, make us all worthy and meet, that this may befall none of us; but that we may thus take heed unto ourselves, and use all diligence, that on that day we may be found before him unspotted and blameless in peace. Amen.
These, then, as has been briefly stated before, are the principal articles of our general Christian faith, as we teach and practice the same throughout in our churches and among our people; which, in our judgment, is the only true Christian faith, which the apostles in their time believed and taught, yea, testified with their life, confirmed with their death, and, some of them, also sealed with their blood; wherein we in our weakness with them and all the pious, would fain abide, live, and die, that we may afterwards obtain salvation with them through the grace of the Lord.
_Thus done and finished in our united churches, in the city of Dortrecht, the 21st of April, 1632, new style._
And was signed by the mutually united:
DORTRECHT. _Isaac de Koning, and in the name of our minister._ _Jan Jacobs._ (_On the other side._) _By me Hans Cobrijsz._ _By me Jacuis Terwen._ _Claes Dircksg._ _Mels Gijsbertsz._ _Adriaen Cornelissz._
MIDDELBURG. _Bastiaen Willemsen._ _Jan Winkelmans._
VLISSINGEN. _Oillaert Willeborts,_ _by Jacob Pennen._ _Lieven Marijnesz._
AMSTERDAM. _Tobias Govertsz._ _Pieter Jansz Moyer._ _Abraham Dircksz._ (_On the other side._) _David ter Haer._ _Pieter Jansz van Singel._
HAERLEM. _Jan Doom._ _Piter Grijspert._ (_On the other side._) _Dirck Wonteresz Kolenkamp._ _Pieter Joosten._
BOMMEL. _Willem Jansz van Exselt._ _Gijsbert Spiering._
ROTTERDAM. _Balten Centen Schoenmaker._ _M. Michielsz._ (_On the other side._) _Israel van Halmael._ _Hendrick Dircksz Apeldoren._ _Andries Lucken Jr._
FROM THE UPPER PART OF THE COUNTRY. _Peter van Borsel._ _Antony Hansz._
KREVELT DO. _Harmen op den Graff._ _Weylm Kreynen._
ZEELAND. _Cornelis de Moir._ _Isaac Claessz._
SCHIEDAM. _Cornelis Bom._ _Lambrecht Paeldink._
LEYDEN. _Mr. C. de Korink._ _Jan Weyns._
BLOCKZIEL. _Claes Claessen._ _Pieter Peters._
ZIERICZEE. _Anthonis Cornelissz._ _Pieter Jansz Timmerman._
UTRECHT. _Herman Segers._ _Jan Hendricksen Hooghvelt._ _David Horens._ (_On the other side._) _Abraham Spronk._ _Williem van Brœkhuysen._