A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of…

3. Now the state of things will seem most remarkably to call for Christ's immediate appearance to judgement. For them the world shall be filled with the most aggravated wickedness that ever it was. For much the greater part of the world shall have become visibly wicked and open enemies to Christ, and their wickedness shall be dreadfully aggravated by their apostasy. Before the fall of Antichrist, most of the world was full of visibly wicked men. But the greater part of these are poor Heathens, who never enjoyed the light of the gospel; and others are those that have been bred up in the Mahometan or Popish darkness. But these are those that have apostatized from the Christian church, and the visible kingdom of Christ, in which they enjoyed the great light and privileges of the glorious times of the church, which shall be incomparably greater than the light and privileges which the church of God enjoys now. This apos•••y will be most like the apostasy of the devils of any that ever had before been: for the devils apostatized, and turned enemies to Christ, tho' they enjoyed the light of heaven; and these will apostatise, and turn enemies to him, though they have enjoyed the light and privileges of the glorious times of the church. That such should turn open and avowed enemies to Christ, and should s•ck the ruin of his church, will cry aloud for such immediate vengeance as was executed on the devils when they fell.

3. Now the state of things will seem most remarkably to call for Christ's immediate appearance to judgement. For them the world shall be filled with the most aggravated wickedness that ever it was. For much the greater part of the world shall have become visibly wicked and open enemies to Christ, and their wickedness shall be dreadfully aggravated by their apostasy. Before the fall of Antichrist, most of the world was full of visi•ly wicked men. But the greater part of these are poor Heathens, who never enjoyed the light of the gospel; and others are those that have been bred up in the Mahometan or P•pish darkness. But these are those that have apostatised from the Christian church, and the visible kingdom of Christ, in which they enjoyed the great light and privileges of the glorious times of the church, which shall be incomparably greater than the light and privileges which the church of God enjoys now. This apos•••y will be most like the apostasy of the devils of any that ever had before been: for the devils apostatised, and turned enemies to Christ, tho' they enjoyed the light of heaven; and these will apostatise, and turn enemies to him, though they have enjoyed the light and privileges of the glorious times of the church. That such should turn open and avowed enemies to Christ, and should sck the ruin of his church, will cry aloud for such immediate vengeance as was executed on the devils when they fell.