The speedy coming of Christ to judgment represented in a funeral sermon on the…

Briefly, in his first coming he was despised and rejected of Men, condemned and crucified, but then he shall be revealed from Heaven with his mighty Angels, in flaming Fire, to take Vengeance upon all that know not God, and disobey the Gospel. How will the wicked be surprised with the Terrors of the Lord? At the promulgation of the Law, the Senses of Hearing and Seeing, that are the inlets of▪ Terror, were so strongly affected with the Presence of God, when fearful Lightnings were darted from his Eyes, and Clouds of Smoke came from the Breath of his Nostrils, and at the loud sounding of the Trumpet, ⟨p. 19⟩and the quaking of the Mountain; that the Hearts of the Spectators were ready to die within them, and Moses himself was terribly afraid; but how will the Sights and Sounds at the last day overwhelm the guilty with Terrors, when the Son of God shall appear in his terrible Majesty! when the Arch-angel shall blow the Trumpet of God, when the Pillars of Heaven shall fall, and the Foundations of the Earth be overthrown, and a dreadful Judgment shall pass upon the impenitent Transgressors of the eternal Law! how will they appear spiritless, in sad Confusion in the great Day of the Lord Almighty?

Briefly, in his first coming he was despised and rejected of Men, condemned and crucified, but then he shall be revealed from Heaven with his mighty Angels, in flaming Fire, to take Vengeance upon all that know not God, and disobey the Gospel. How will the wicked be surpriz'd with the Terrors of the Lord? At the promulgation of the Law, the Senses of Hearing and Seeing, that are the inlets of▪ Terror, were so strongly affected with the Presence of God, when fearful Lightnings were darted from his Eyes, and Clouds of Smoke came from the Breath of his Nostrils, and at the loud sounding of the Trumpet, ⟨p. 19⟩and the quaking of the Mountain; that the Hearts of the Spectators were ready to die within them, and Moses himself was terribly afraid; but how will the Sights and Sounds at the last day overwhelm the guilty with Terrors, when the Son of God shall appear in his terrible Majesty! when the Arch-angel shall blow the Trumpet of God, when the Pillars of Heaven shall fall, and the Foundations of the Earth be overthrown, and a dreadful Judgment shall pass upon the impenitent Transgressors of the eternal Law! how will they appear spiritless, in sad Confusion in the great Day of the Lord Almighty?