Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

2. The second Book which will be opened at Christs coming, will be the Book of Mens own Consciences: and this will be the counter-part to every Mans particular, of What is written in the book of Gods remembrance, they will find the same thing there registered; indeed conscience now may seem to be asleep, and say nothing whilst men are eating, and drinking, and •inning; yet conscience is secretly awake, and busy in writing, and taking notes of every Mans actions, every day; conscience hath its day-book, which hath not an empty page; the mouth of conscience may be shut, and with much ado, for the present, restrained from speaking, and biting; but the eye of conscience cannot be shut from seeing, nor the hand of conscience restrained from registering what it takes notice of: every one in the World hath as it were whole volumes of his own actions in his bosom, written down by conscience; and though the letters of some things done long ago, may seem to be razed and worn out; so that a Man cannot read them now; yet when this Book shall be opened at the last day, they will appear; in very legible characters; like as when a Man writes with the juice of a Lemon upon fair paper; the juice is white, and the paper is white, and he cannot read a word when it is written, nor while it is writing; but let him keep the paper many years by him, and after bring that paper close to the fire, the white letters will turn black, and become very legible: so the conscience of wicked persons is writing, whilst they are sinning, and they do not perceive it after it is written; they forget many of their old sins, yea they do not take notice of them as sins, whilst they ⟨p. 28⟩are committing them; but when the last day is come, and Christ is come, who will be revealed from heaven in flaming fire, to take vengeance, upon them, and the Book of their Consciences shall be opened before the fire, then all the notes of conscience will be plain and easy to be read, and a ready confirmation conscience will give of all that is written in the Book of Gods remembrance: and O how sweet will the testimony of conscience be of good actions? how bitter will its records be of sins?

2. The second Book which will be opened at Christs coming, will be the Book of Mens own Consciences: and this will be the counter-part to every Mans particular, of What is written in the book of Gods remembrance, they will finde the same thing there registred; indeed conscience now may seem to be asleep, and say nothing whilst men are eating, and drinking, and inning; yet conscience is secretly awake, and busie in writing, and taking notes of every Mans actions, every day; conscience hath its day-book, which hath not an empty page; the mouth of conscience may be shut, and with much adoe, for the present, restrained from speaking, and biting; but the eye of conscience cannot be shut from seeing, nor the hand of conscience restrained from registring what it takes notice of: every one in the World hath as it were whole volumes of his own actions in his bosome, written down by conscience; and though the letters of some things done long agoe, may seem to be rased and worn out; so that a Man cannot read them now; yet when this Book shall be opened at the last day, they will appear; in very legible characters; like as when a Man writes with the juice of a Lemmon upon fair paper; the juice is white, and the paper is white, and he cannot read a word when it is written, nor while it is writing; but let him keep the paper many years by him, and after bring that paper close to the fire, the white letters will turn black, and become very legible: so the conscience of wicked persons is writing, whilst they are sinning, and they do not perceive it after it is written; they forget many of their old sins, yea they do not take notice of them as sins, whilst they