Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

11. Be frequent and fervent in Prayer, our Saviour joins these duties together in his exhortation of his Disciples: Luke 21. 36. Watch▪ ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be counted worthy to escape all these things, which shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man. Pray without ceasing, pray without fainting, be often upon your knees, and be earnest with the Lord, that he would prepare you for this day, that he would deliver you from that dreadful wrath which shall be revealed when Christ doth appear, and which you have deserved for your sins: and pray that he would give you those qualifications, as may embolden you at the last day to hold up your heads with confidence; that he would keep you without spot, and blameless until the coming of the Lord.

11. Be frequent and fervent in Prayer, our Saviour joyns these duties together in his exho•tation of his Disciples: Luke 21. 36. Watch▪ yee therefore, and pray alwayes, that yee may be counted worthy to escape all these things, which shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man. Pray without ceasing, pray without fainting, be often upon your knees, and be earnest with the Lord, that he would prepare you for this day, that he would deliver you from that dreadful wrath which shall be revealed when Christ doth appear, and which you have deserved for your sins: and pray that he would give you those qualifications, as may embolden you at the last day to hold up your heads with confidence; that he would keep you without spot, and blameless until the coming of the Lord.

12. And lastly, Look for the appearance of the Lord; look with an eye of hope, labour to abound in hope, by the power of the Holy Ghost, and let this hope be an Anchor fastened within the Veil, to stay your sinking hearts in the midst of those fierce storms, which do or may beat upon you in the World; and look with an eye of desire; look and long for Christs appearance; dart up your wishes often to Heaven O when shall we see the Heavens opened, and behold our Lord in his Glory? When shall we hear the Trumpet sound and be gathered by the Angels from all the quarters of the Earth? When shall we put off this dust and corruption, and be clothed with robes of immortality? When will the Lord Jesus come down, and show us his glory, and receive us to himself, that where he is, there we may be also? Christ hath spoken from Heaven to Earth, Surely I come quickly let there be an echo back from Earth to Heaven in your desires to this voice: Amen, even so come Lord Jesus, come quickly