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

2. For the awakening of sinners. Will the Lord Jesus Christ certainly and quickly appear to judgment? methinks •his doctrine should awaken sleepy sinners, and aron•e them our of their carnal security. Doth conscience accuse you, and secretly tell any of you, that you are in the number of those persons whom the Lord will condemn at the last day; and sentence unto Hell; methinks it should make you startle, and look about you; methinks it should make your hair stand an end, and every joint to tremble; methinks it should fill you with fear▪ and imprint such trouble upon your spirits, as would damp all your earthly comforts […] delights, to consider the danger which ye are in by reason […] sin, the guilt of which doth still lie upon you. Every word of this Doctrine is awakening

2. For the awakening of sinners. Will the Lord Jesus Christ certainly and quickly appear to judgment? methinks •his doctrine should awaken sleepy sinners, and aron•e them our of their carnal security•y. Doth conscience accuse you, and secretly tell any of you, that you are in the number of those persons whom the Lord will condemn at the last day; and sentence unto Hell; methinks it should make you startle, and look about you; methinks it should make your hair stand an end, and every joynt to tremble; methinks it should fill you with fear▪ and imprint such trouble upon your spirits, as would damp all your earthly comforts 〈…〉 delights, to consider the danger which ye are in by reason 〈…〉 sin, the guilt of which doth still lie upon you. Every word of this Doctrine is awakening

1. Awake sinners, Awake! Christ will appear to judgment. Christ will appear, whom you have read of, and heard of, and have had frequent proffers of, but could never be prevailed to accept of; Christ will appear in his glory, in whom you could see no beauty, or desirableness Christ will appear as a Judge, whom you might have had for your Saviour. Sinners, the Judge of the whole world will appear, and can you sleep under the guilt of sin? He will be a most glorious, powerful, wise, holy, righteous, strict, furious, inexorable Judge, as hath been shown. And yet are you secure and fearless? you have heard God's terrible voice in the City, and that hath not awakened you; and will not Christ's appearance to Judgment awaken you neither? You have been asleep under the sound of temporal judgments, and can you sleep under the thoughts of the last judgment, when the punishment, which shall then be inflected, will be eternal?