Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

5. The fifth and most dreadful Antecedent to the Judgment of the wicked, will be their sight of the Lord Jesus Christ himself: who will be revealed from Heaven, at that day, in flaming Fire, to take vengeance upon them. 2 Thess. 1. 7, 8. The sight of their judge will affright them: Rev. 1. 7. Behold he cometh with Clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they also that pierced him, and all kindreds of the Earth shall wail because of him: even so, Amen. Every eye shall see him, not only the righteous, but also the wicked; and they also that pierced him, that is, the Jews which crucified him, as he saith, Matth. 26. 64. Hereafter shall ye see the Son of Man, sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the Clouds of Heaven. O how fearful will the sight of Jesus Christ be to Judas, that betrayed them, unto the Officers that took him, unto the base Servant that smo•e him with the palm of his hand; unto the people that mocked and spit upon him, unto the Pharisees that accused him, unto Pilate that scourged and condemned him, unto Herod that scorned him, unto the Soldiers that mocked and crucified him, unto the Priests that stirred up the People and Pilate against him, and in the midst of his agony and anguish railed on him? though they did not see him come down from the cross, yet when they see him come down ⟨p. 60⟩from heaven, they will believe that he was the Messiah; and O how will this sight terrify them? then they will smite their breasts indeed, and be filled with horror, when they perceive that the same Jesus was the Son of God, and is now the Judge of the World, and is come to call them before his Bar, who then did stand before theirs; the High Priest that rent his clothes, when Christ called himself the Son of God, will be ready to rend himself in pieces for not acknowledging it; and with what face will Judas look his Master in the face, when he sees him come in such glory! and if some Soldiers that kept Christs Sepulchre, did so shake, and become like dead men at Christs resurrection, when they saw the Angel, whose countenance was like lightning, and raiment white as Snow, come and roll away the Stone from before the door thereof: