Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

But when the days of a hundred and twenty years, which the Lord had appointed the old World to continue, after his threatening of their destruction, were expired; when the decree had brought forth, and the year of Gods recompense was come, and the day of his fierce anger, wherein he sent the Flood upon the Earth, O the terror and amazement which did surprise the secure sinners of the World at that time! when the Windows of Heaven were opened from above, out of which God looked forth upon sinners, with such a furious countenance, and poured forth his anger in such streams of water; and the Fountains of the great deep were opened from beneath, and the Flood began to arise, and lift up the head, and swell about them; when the Valleys were filled with running Waters, and the Plains were covered, as if they had been a Sea; when this enemy did combine so many Forces together (having a Commission from God to destroy) and ⟨p. 214⟩strengthened it self on every side, and environed these rebellious sinners round about, and assailed them in every quarter; when not only smaller Cottages were overturned, but also the streams brake in with irresistible force upon the strongest and greatest edifices; when great Doors were lifted off of their hinges, or broken to pieces, and the Water (like a Thief) climbed in at the Windows, and roaring all about with a hideous noise, pursued those which fled from it, following them up stairs, even to the highest room until it had overtaken them, and devoured them without mercy; think what a hurry and affright the World was in at that time; how every one shifted for himself, if possible, to preserve himself from the fury of this Conqueror; how they forsook the lower grounds, and flocked together to the Hill-Countries in great haste, leaving their substance behind them, with a sad heart; how they were drenched with the Rain from Heaven, and wet to the skin as they went along, and scarcely were able to take breath, the storms was so impetuous about them; and when they perceived the Flood to beset the highest Mountains, (whither some of them were fled, and upon the top of which some of them had climbed, hoping (it may be) that they had got unto an inaccessible place) & that the billows were mounting towards them;

But when the dayes of a hundred and twenty years, which the Lord had appointed the old World to continue, after his threatning of their destruction, were expired; when the decree had brought forth, and the year of Gods recompence was come, and the day of his fierce anger, wherein he sent the Flood upon the Earth, O the terrour and amazement which did surprize the secure sinners of the World at that time! when the Windows of Heaven were opened from above, out of which God looked forth upon sinners, with such a furious countenance, and poured forth his anger in such streames of water; and the Fountains of the great deep were opened from beneath, and the Flood began to arise, and lift up the head, and swell about them; when the Valleys were filled with running Waters, and the Plains were covered, as if they had been a Sea; when this enemy did combine so many Forces together (having a Commission from God to destroy) and