Love to Christ, necessary to escape the curse at his coming

7. To be Anathema when Maran-atha, will be to be finally accursed. While Christ doth tarry, if you are not in a good and blessed state one day, you might be another: Tho last Lord's-day you were in a miserable condition, yet this you may (and oh! that you might) be translated into a better: If not this, if you live till the next, you may be then; tho you should desire to get out of a cursed dangerous condition this day, before the next, for this day is yours, the next might be none of yours. But when Christ shall come, that will be the last day, and there shall not be a next: Therefore to be accursed that day, will be to be sent away with a Curse upon your Souls, without any succession of a Blessing.

When Christ was upon the earth, the last act he did relating to his Disciples, was an act of Love, ⟨p. 65⟩his Valedictory act was an act of Benediction, Luk. 24.50. And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lift up his hands and blessed them. 51. And it came to pass, that while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into Heaven. And when Christ shall come again, the last act relating to them that love him not, shall be an Act of Justice, and Vengeance, and Wrath; and his Valedictory act, an act of Malediction; and after this, no act of Mercy, of Love, or Favour to them, therefore shall be finally accursed.

8. To be Anathema when Maran-atha, will be to be accursed without an appeal to any higher Court, or superior Judge, for such none is. If it were the last thing that Christ would do to them, yet if they could remove their Cause, and have an Hearing in another Court, and before another Judge, they might hope the Curse may be repealed, the Sentence whereby they are declared accursed, might be changed, and their sad condition altered for the better; but this cannot be, for all Judgment is committed to the Son,