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

3. The Malefactors which shall be judged, will be,

1. Devils, 2 Pet. 2. 4. The Angels which fell, are said to be Delivered into chains of darkness and to be reserved unto Judgment: they are punished in part now, but their punishment is not yet complete: when Christ came the first time in the flesh, and began to dislodge the Devils from their habitation in those Persons whom they had got the possession of, they were afraid that he would have completed their torment presently: and therefore they cry out, Art thou come hither to torment us before the time? Mat. 8. 29. And let us alone, art thou come to destroy us, Mar, 2. 24. But when Christ comes the second time in his glory: then he will judge and condemn the wicked Angel•• and the Saints shall join with him herein, 1 Cor. 6. 3. Know […] not that ye shall judge Angels Then the measure of their […] will be completed, and the time of their torment will be […] and their punishment shall be completed too: the way and ma•• ner of their Judgment is not spoken of in Scripture, and therefore I shall nor speak of it: but that they shall be judged to everlasting Fire, is evident from the sentence pronounced on […] Men, in which it is said, that everlasting fire is prepared […] the Devil and his Angels.

1. Devils, 2 Pet. 2. 4. The Angels which fell, are said to be Delivered into chains of darkness and to be reserved unto Judgment: they are punished in part now, but their punishment is not yet compleat: when Christ came the first time in the flesh, and began to dislodge the Devils from their habitation in those Persons whom they had got the possession of, they were afraid that he would have compleated their torment presently: and therefore they cry out, Art thou come hither to torment us before the time?