Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

But who will be alive on this glorious day? who will be the Spectators of these great things? whose eyes shall behold this blessed sight? who shall see the Lord Jesus come in such glory? many Kings and Prophets, and righteous Men desired to-see Christ come in the flesh, and did not see him; and to hear the things which he taught, but they did not obtain their desire; many Generations were asleep in their Graves before Christs first appearance; the righteous saw him afar off, and darkly, in types and figures; few lived in the days when our Saviours abode was upon the Earth; he had not many Disciples whom he made happy with his personal acquaintance and abode with them; A great access there hath been since Christs departure unto the Church, who though they have loved him, and believed in him, yet they never saw him with bodily eyes: Three things one desired to see, Christ in the flesh, Paul in the Pulpit, and Rome in its glory; but past things are fled out of sight, and the wishes of such things are •o no purpose; death hath closed the eyes of many millions of Christs Disciples, who have heard the report of him, but never saw him: And is not their hopes of seeing Christ perished in the Graves with their bodies, which are turned into rottenness and putrefaction? and are not we all hast•ing towards those dark Chambers, where no •eam of light doth shine, and nothing can be ⟨p. 228⟩seen? the righteous indeed which remain, when Christ doth come down, will be happy, when they see their Lord in the air, but if we die before the time, what shall we be the better?

But who will be alive on this glorious day? who will be the Spectators of these great things? whose eyes shall behold this blessed sight? who shall see the Lord Jesus come in such glory? many Kings and Prophets, and righteous Men desired to-see Christ come in the flesh, and did not see him; and to hear the things which he taught, but they did not obtain their desire; many Generations were asleep in their Graves before Christs first appearance; the righteous saw him afar off, and darkly, in types and figures; few lived in the dayes when our Saviours abode was upon the Earth; he had not many Disciples whom he made happy with his personal acquaintance and abode with them; A great access there hath been since Christs departure unto the Church, who though they have loved him, and believed in him, yet they never saw him with bodily eyes: Three things one desired to see, Christ in the flesh, Paul in the Pulpit, and Rome in its glory; but past things are fled out of sight, and the wishes of such things are o no purpose; death hath closed the eyes of many millions of Christs Disciples, who have heard the report of him, but never saw him: And is not their hopes of seeing Christ perished in the Graves with their bodies, which are turned into rotteness and purrefaction? and are not we all hasting towards those dark Chambers, where no eam of light doth shine, and nothing can be