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

There is a seeming difficulty how to reconcile the Predictions of Christ's sudden coming to Judgment, with the interval of so many ⟨p. 23⟩entire Ages lapsed since, and what may remain of Time before the last Day is uncertain. This difficulty will be resolved by considering the following Particulars.

There is a seeming difficulty how to reconcile the Predictions of Christ's sudden coming to Judgment, with the interval of so many ⟨p. 23⟩intire Ages laps'd since, and what may remain of Time before the last Day is uncertain. This difficulty will be resolved by considering the following Particulars.

1. The words of the Text are to be understood in the strict literal Sense: For our Saviour having represented in a visionary Scene the State of the Church in the several Periods of its Duration to the end of the World, its Conflicts, Victory, and Triumph over Antichristian Enemies, and having described the Tranquillity, Purity and Glory of the Church in the very last part of Time, which is preparative to the glorious ⟨p. 24⟩everlasting State in the next World, he declares, I come quickly, ¹and my Reward is with me: After the final accomplishment of those Prophecies, there is no more use of Time, the unjust, and unrighteous, and filthy, ²continue unchanged and impenitent;³ the righteous and holy are confirmed in their Perseverance,⁴ and immediately shall receive Recompenses according to their Works.