Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment. By Thomas Vincent, sometime Minister of Maudlins…

5. The fifth and most dreadful Antecedent to the Judgment of the wicked will be the sight of the Lord Jesus Christ himself Who will be revealed from Heaven at that day in […] •ire to take vengeance upon them, 2 Thes. 1. 7. 8. Th• sight of their Judge will affright them, Rev. 1. 7. Behold ⟨p. 47⟩he cometh with Clouds, and every eye shall see him▪ and they also […] pierced him, and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him, Even so, Amen Every eye shall see him, not only the righteous, but also the wicked; and they also that pierced him, that is, the Jews which crucified him, as he saith, Mat 26. 64. Hereafter shall ye see the Son of Man, sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the Clouds of Heaven▪ O how fearful will the sight of Jesus Christ be to Judas that betrayed him, unto the Officers that took him, unto the base Servant that smote him with the palm of his hand, unto the People that mocked and spit upon him, unto the Pharisees that accused him, unto Pilate that scourged and condemned him, unto Herod that scorned him, unto the Soldiers that mocked and crucified him, unto the Priests that stirred up the people and Pilate against him, and in the midst of hi•• Agony and anguish railed on him? though they did not […] him come down from the Cross, yet when they see him come down from heaven they will believe that he was the Messiah, and O how will this sight terrify them! then they will smite their breasts indeed, and b• filled with horror▪ when they perceived that the same Jesus was the Son of God, and is now the Judge of the World, and is […] to call them before his Bar, who then did […] before theirs; the High-priest that rent his clothes, when Christ called himself the Son of God, will be ready to rend himself in pieces for not acknowledging it: and with what face will Judas look his Master in the […], when he •ees him come in such glory: and if some Soldiers that kept Christ Sepulchre did so shake, and become like […] men at Christs Resurrection, when they saw the Angel, whose countenance was like Lightning, and Raiment white as snow, come and roll away the stone from before the door thereof,