I like these questions and answers from An Example of Plain Catechising Upon the Assembly's Shorter Catechism by John Willison (1680-1750)
Q. Is there not a great difference between the death of a believer, and an unbeliever?
A. Yes; for to the one it is the effect of God's love, to the other it is the punishment of sin; to the one it is his Father's servant sent to bring him home to his Father's house, to the other it is an officer of justice sent to arrest him for his fearful debts and crimes.
G. What is the difference between the graves of believers, and unbelievers?
A. The graves of believers are beds of rest, where^ they sleep in Jesus; and it is by virtue of the union subsists^ between him and them, that they shall be awaked from their sleep in the morning of the resurrection: but the grave is a prison to unbelievers, wherein their bodies are kept in custody until the judgement of the great day, and/from which they shall be raised by the power of God their terrible Judge.
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