The spiritual watchThe spirituall vvatch

To this I answer, with some of the ancients; that ^athere is a twofold dooms-day: a general Dooms-day, at the end of the world: and a particular Dooms-day, at the end of each mans life. Every mans Deaths-day is each mans Dooms-day. For ^bIt is reserved for all men, that once they must die, and then cometh judgement. And ^cwhen the body returneth to dust, ^dwhence it was taken, the Spirit goeth to God, to give account to him ^ethat at first gave it. And that which is wont to be said, (though, it may be, ^fat first spoken in another sense) ^gAs the tree falleth, so it lieth: ^has Death leaveth thee, so shall the last judgement find thee, and so shalt thou abide then for all eternity. ⁱIf the evil servant therefore shall say in his heart, My Master will not come yet: and shall take occasion thereby either to sleep with the slothful, or to be drunk with the riotous, which he ought not to do, to give over his vigilancie, and live more remissly or more loosely; that Servants Master will ⟨p. 85⟩come when he is not aware, and by death ^kcut him in two, sever body and soul asunder, and give him his portion with Hypocrites, in that place of torment, where is nothing but weeping and wailing for pain and grief, and gnashing of teeth for indignation and vexation of Spirit.