Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

Awake, think whether the pleasures of sin for a season, are to be compared with the eternal torments of Hell; or the uncertain treasures of Earth, with the eternal store of Gods wrath, or the empty vanishing worldly honour, with the exceeding and everlasting weight of misery, which the damned shall sink under in Hell? If any sleepy sinners begin to startle with such thunder-claps of Judgment, and being unwilling to part with their sins, feel their hearts to rise within them against the message and Messengers, for thrusting such harsh things into their ears, for molesting their spirits, and disturbing the peace which they have hitherto had in their sinful way: cannot Ministers let us alone, will they be called to an account for us? will they suffer for us? and why do they thus affright us with Peals of Judgment?

Awake, think whether the pleasures of sin for a season, are to be compared with the eternal tor•ments of Hell; or the uncertain treasures of Earth, with the eternal store of Gods wrath, or the empty vanishing wordly honour, with the exceeding and everlasting weight of misery, which the damned shall sink under in Hell? If any sleepy sinners begin to startle with such thunder-claps of Judgment, and being unwilling to part with their sins, feel their hearts to rise within them against the message and Messengers, for thrusting such harsh things into their eares, for molesting their spirits, and disturbing the peace which they have hitherto had in their sinful way: cannot Ministers let us alone, will they be called to an account for us? will they suffer for us? and why do they thus affright us with Peales of Judgment?

Beloved, we Ministers are set as Watchmen to sound the Trumpet, and warn you of Judgment, which if we should neglect to do, your blood would be required at our hands, Ezek. 33. from the 1. vers. to the•• 1. And we shall be called to an account, for the Souls committed to our charge, Heb. 13. 17