Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

The end of Christs second appearance will be to judge the world; the end of his first coming was not to judge, but to redeem and save, as he tells his disciples when they desired him to execute some judgment from Heaven upon those Samaritans which would not receive him, Luke 9. 55, 56. Ye know not what spirit ye are of, for the Son of man is not come to destroy mens lives, but to save them. And John 7. 47. If any man hear my words and believe not, I judge him not, for I came not to judge, but to save; but when Christ doth appear the second time, he will come to judge the world, Jude 14. 15. Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his Saints, to execute judgment upon ⟨p. 16⟩all, &c. Matth. 26. 31, 32. When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy Angels with him, then shall he sit on the Throne of his glory, and before him shall be gathered all Nations; and so he goeth on in description of the last judgment. In speaking of Christs judging the world, and the transactions at that day, I shall show, 1. That Christ will raise up all the dead one of their graves. 2. That he will gather all Nations before his judgment Seat. 3. That he will separate the righteous from the wicked. 4. That he will open the Books out of which all must be judged. 5. I shall speak more particularly of the judgment of the Righteous, and the Wicked.

The end of Christs second appearance will be to judge the world; the end of his first coming was not to judge, but to redeem and save, as he tells his disciples when they desired him to execute some judgment from Heaven upon those Samaritans which would not receive him, Luke 9. 55, 56. Ye know not what spirit ye are of, for the Son of man is not come to destroy mens lives, but to save them. And Iohn 7. 47. If any man hear my words and believe not, I judge him not, for I came not to judge, but to save; but when Christ doth appear the second time, he will come to judge the world,