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

then they knew he did not mock them, but was in good earnest, and that his words were not idle tales, but the truth of Gods intention, which he was sent to give them notice of: Sodom is now made a fiery Furnace, and all the wicked of the place are consumed together suddenly and unexpectedly.

Even thus will it be in the day when the Son of Man shall be revealed, when the Lord Jesus Christ shall come to Judgment. The world is very wicked, and the longer it doth continue, the worse it grows; the fins of the wicked world, like the sins of Sodom have gone up with a loud Cry of God; and the Lord hath exercised his patience a long time to lead them unto repentance; and if there had not been some righteous persons on the Earth, the day of Judgment would have been long ago; if there had not been some Lots in Sodom, I mean some Elect Persons in their sins▪ that are yet to be called, and some as yet un-born, that must be gathered, the World would ere this have been consumed for the wickedness thereof; there is a measure appointed for the Worlds sins, which will be filled up▪ and there is a number appointed of chosen Persons, who ere long will be brought in, and so soon as Lot is got into Zoar, God rains Fire and Brimstone on Sodom; and I conceive that so soon as all the Elect Persons are got into Christ, […] then Christ will appear to Judgment; and as it was in the days of Lot, so will it be on the day of Christs appearance; the wicked of the World will be secure, eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.

Even thus will it be in the day when the Son of Man shall be revealed, when the Lord Jesus Christ shall come to Judgment. The world is very wicked, and the longer it doth continue, the worse it grows; the fins of the wicked world, like the sins of Sodom have gone up with a loud Cry of God; and the Lord hath exercised his patience a long time to lead them unto repentance; and if there had not been some righteous persons on the Earth, the day of Judgment would have been long ago; if there had not been some Lots in Sodom, I mean some Elect Persons in their sins▪ that are yet to be called, and some as yet un-born, that must be gathered, the World would ere this have been consumed for the wickedness thereof; there is a measure appointed for the Worlds sins, which will be filled up and there is a number appointed of chosen Persons, who ere long will be brought in, and so soon as Lot is got into Zoar, God rains Fire and Brimstone on Sodom; and I conceive that so soon as all the Elect Persons are got into Christ, then Christ will appear to Judgment; and as it was in the dayes of Lot, so will it be on the day of Christs appearance; the wicked of the World will be secure, eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.