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

Now Sentence is past upon those who disobey the Gospel; he that believes not, is condemned already, but the Execution of it is suspended for a while. Tho sinful Men are guilty of such violent Provocations as would conquer all created Patience, yet their Judg endures with much long-suffering the Vessels of Wrath fitted for Destruction. He is the God of Patience, 'tis one of the Divine Attributes, and cannot be violated by the Indignities of rebellious Sinners, but has its perfect Work in this lower World. He ever enjoys the Serenity and Blessedness that is inseparable from the Perfections of his own ⟨p. 41⟩Nature, and spares the wicked for a time in order to their Salvation: but when he comes to Judgment, the Execution will immediately follow: For the Sentence will be peremptory and final; there can be no Appeal from it: The Son shall then appear with equal Majesty and Authority with the Father: All Judgment is committed to him: And his Power to execute the definitive Sentence is irresistible, we may read the Tenor of it, Take him, bind him hand and foot, and cast him into outer Darkness: there is no possible escape by flight from his righteous Fury, no possible resistance of his Almighty ⟨p. 42⟩Power, but the Wicked shall presently suffer the decreed Vengeance.

2. The Reward is complete: for it shall be the issue of final Judgment, with respect to all things done in the Body, whether good or evil. Separate Souls act in their opposite States: the Saints above continually glorify God, and do his Commands: The wicked in Hell continually blaspheme God: but the obedience of the Saints in Heaven is not in order to a Reward, for they are actually possest of it, and complete Holiness is a principal part of their Felicity: and the Sins of the Damned do not incur a new ⟨p. 43⟩Guilt, and expose them to more Severities of Punishment, for they are in the hands of revenging Justice, and their Sin is a principal part of their Punishment. The Rewardableness of Humane Actions is limited to the present Life; and when Men shall appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ, a full Reward will be distributed to them.