Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

2. Christ will be a most powerful Judge: He will have power to raise all the wicked out of their graves unto life again; which requires as much power to effect, as the giving them their being and life at the first: he will have power to bring all the wicked to his foot, to keep them in awe, that they shall not stir, nor lift up the hand in the least, in a way of rebellion; which is more than the most potent Prince that ever lived could do: He will have power to execute vengeance upon all the wicked together, and inflict an infinite punishment upon them; and he will put forth no less power in the destruction of the wicked at the last day, than was put forth in the first creation of the world; herein he will make his power known, Rom. 9. 22. When the wicked shall be punished with everlasting destruction, from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power, 2 Thes. 1. 9.

3. Christ will be a most knowing Judge: He ⟨p. 67⟩will know all the persons of the wicked; not one shall scape his eye; he will not know them in any way of nearness, and familiar acquainting himself with them; but he will know them in a way of perfect cognizance of their persons; he knew them when they lived and rebelled against his Law; and he will know them again, when they are raised; he will not only have a general knowledge of them, but he will know them particularly: none of the ancient rebels shall be able to hide themselves, either under rocks and mountains, or in the crowd and throng of the wicked which shall be gathered together before him on that day; Christ will find out all his enemies: and he will know all their crimes; he will read them all written in the book of Gods remembrance; and the book of their own consciences being then opened, will present all their sins to his view; the eye of the Judge will be a piercing, all-seeing eye, which cannot be blinded, and therefore there will be no mistake and error in the judgment, through ignorance or false information, as there may be in the Courts of judicature upon the earth.