Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

Quest. How should we know whether our desires after Christs coming be sincere?

Answ. 1. If you love Christs person, it is • sign your desires after his coming are sincere; […] desire the coming of friends to us, whom we love▪ Do you love Christ in sincerity? Do you love him for himself, for his own excellencies, his loveliness, his love, and spiritual love-tokens? do you love him upon a spiritual account?

Answ. 1. If you love Christs person, it is • sign your desires after his coming are sincere; 〈…〉 desire the coming of friends to us, whom we love▪ Do you love Christ in sincerity? Do you love him for himself, for his own excellencies, his love•liness, his love, and spiritual love-tokens? do you love him upon a spiritual account?

2. If you do sincerely desire the coming […] Christ into your hearts in regard of his Spirit and grace, it is a sign you have sincere desires after his coming in glory; when grace will arrive to it• perfection; Can you understandingly and heartily pray Thy Kingdom come; I mean, that Christ's Kingdom of grace should be erected in your hearts; and are sincerely desirous to have all things within you brought into subjection and obedience thereunto? Do you sincerely and earnestly desire ⟨p. 269⟩the presence of Christ and the breathings of his Spirit upon your hearts in his Ordinances? it is a sign that there are at least true radical desires in you after his second appearance, though by reason of doubts and fears they may not be so express.