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

But who will be alive on this glorious day? who will be the Spectators of these treat things? whose eyes shall behold this blessed fight? who will see th• Lord Jesus come in such glory? many Kings and Prophets, and righteous M•n desired to see Christ came in the flesh, and did not see him; and to hear the things which he taught, but they did not obtain their desire; many Generations were asleep in their Graves before Christs first appearance; the righteous saw him afar off, and darkly in types and figures; few lived in the days when our Saviours abode was upon the Earth▪ he had not many Disciples when be made happy with his personal acquaintance and abode with them; A great access there hath been since Christs departure unto the Church who though they have loved him, and believed in him, yet they never saw him with bodily eyes; Three things one desired to see, Christ in the flesh, Paul in the Pulpit, and Rome in its glory; but past things are out of sight, and the wishes of such things are to no purpose; death hath closed the eyes of many millions of Christs Disciples, who have heard the report of him, but never saw him: And is not their hopes of seeing Christ perished in the Graves with their bodies▪ which are turned into rottenness and putrefaction? and are not we all hastening towards those dark Chambers, where •o beam of light doth shine, and nothing can be seen? the righteous indeed which remain, when Christ doth ⟨p. 179⟩come down, will be happy, when they see their Lord in the air, but if we die before the time, what shall we be the better?

But who will be alive on this glorious day? who will be the Spectators of these treat things? whose eyes shall behold this blessed fight? who will see th• Lord Jesus come in such glory? many Kings and Prophets, and righteous M•n desired to see Christ came in the flesh, and did not see him; and to hear the things which he taught, but they did not obtain their desire; many Generations were asleep in their Graves before Christs first appearance; the righteous saw him afar off, and darkly in types and figures; few lived in the dayes when our Saviours abode was upon the Earth he had not many Disciples when be made happy with his personal acquaintance and abode with them; A great access there hath been since Christs departure unto the Church who though they have loved him, and believed in him, yet they never saw him with bodily eyes; Three things one desired to see, Christ in the flesh, Paul in the Pulpit, and Rome in its glory; but past things are out of sight, and the wishes of such things are to no purpose; death hath closed the eyes of many millions of Christs Disciples, who have heard the report of him, but never saw him: And is not their hopes of seeing Christ perished in the Graves with their bodies which are turned into rottenness and putrefaction? and are not we all hastning towards those dark Chambers, where o beam of light doth shine, and nothing can be seen? the righteous indeed which remain, when Christ doth