Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

1 He will come attended with a glorious retinue of Angels, we read M•tth. 26. 53. Of more than twelve legions of Angels. And Dan. 7. 10. Of thousand thousands, yea ten thousand times ten thousands, which Minister about the throne of God; yea further, Rev. 5. 11. Of a number of ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands of Angels, and Heb. 12. 22. Of an innumerable company of Angels. All these Angels will attend upon Jesus Christ at his second appearance. It is said M•tth. 25. 31. That all the holy Angels shall come with him. Now the Angels are dispersed in several places, some of ⟨p. 11⟩them are upon the Earth ministering unto the saints, which shall be heirs of salvation. Heb. 1. 14. Others are in heaven, beholding the face of the Father ready to execute his will, some are ascending, some descending; but then they will all be gathered together into one company, and like so many Courtiers attend upon this great King in this his glorious appearance in the World; all will descend with Christ; Heaven will be emptied of Angels, they will all come forth, and come down from their old habitation; and oh how glorious will this train be! he will come with all the holy Angels, Angels that are holy and glorious; not like those rotten Courtiers which attend upon some Earthly Kings, who have no other glory upon them, but what lies in their rich and splendid apparel; the bodies of some of which if they were uncased, would appear to be full of loathsome diseases; but whose souls are monstrously ugly, and deformed; full of loathsome and noisome lusts, besmeared with dung and filthiness; who, could their inside be turned outward, and the deformity of sin be seen with bodily eyes, would appear too hideously black, and swarthy, and more misshapen, than those which are born with the greatest blemishes of nature; who carry Hell in their bosoms, and like so many bears and ugly hounds are led about by the Devil in chains; such, such follow many Kings on earth, when they appear abroad, with hearts full of lust; with eyes full of adultery; with mouths full of oaths and filthy ribaldry; who are like so many spots in the faces of their Princes, or like a Cloud about their brow, which darkeneth their glory in the eyes of the serious and sober minded: