Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

3. Sinners, consider the nearness of the punishment of Hell: I mean the soul-punishment, which will be the greatest part of the punishment; the perfect and full punishment of body and soul cannot be far off, because the time of Christs coming is not far off; but the punishment of your souls will begin, so soon as your lives come to an end; no sooner will your souls be separated from your bodies, but they will appear before God, to •eceive their particular judgment; and they will •e banished his glorious and comfortable presence, and filled with horror through the impressions of Gods wrath.

3. Sinners, consider the neerness of the punishment of Hell: I mean the soul-punishment, which will be the greatest part of the punishment; the perfect and full punishment of body and soul cannot be far off, because the time of Christs com•ng is not far off; but the punishment of your souls will begin, so soon as your lives come to an end; no sooner will your souls be separated from your bodies, but they will appear before God, to •eceive their particular judgment; and they will •e banished his glorious and comfortable presence, and filled with horrour through the impressions of Gods wrath.

Awake sinners, awake! you lie upon the brink of •he Pit, you are sleeping over the burning Lake; you are like Sailors, which drop asleep on the top of a Mast, whom a great wind would blow into •he Sea; so the wind of death, which may suddenly beat upon you, will blow you into Hell, ⟨p. 244⟩into the Ocean of Gods wrath; and can you secure your selves a moment from the stroke of death? when you are most secure, may not death be most near? when you think you shall live many years to eat, and drink, and take your pleasure like the rich fool in the Gospel, may not death knock at your door that night, and break in upon you, and fetch away your bodies to the grave, and Devils drag your souls to Hell?