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

3. Sinners, consider the nearness of the punishment of Hell: I mean the soul punishment which will be the greatest part of he punishment; the perfect and full punishment of body and soul cannot be fa• off because the time of Christs coming is not f•r off; but the punishment of your souls will begin, so soon as your lives come to an end; no sooner will your souls be separated from your bodies, but they will appear before God, to receive their particular judgment; and they will be banished his glorious and comfortable presence, and filled with horror through the impressions of Gods wrath.

3. Sinners, consider the neerness of the punishment of Hell: I mean the soul punishment which will be the greatest part of he punishment; the perfect and full punishment of body and soul cannot be fa• off because the time of Christs coming is not f•r off; but the punishment of your souls will begin, so soon as your lives come to an end; no sooner will your souls be separated from your bodies, but they will appear before God, to receive their particular judgment; and they will be banished his glorious and comfortable presence, and filled with horrour through the impressions of Gods wrath.

Awake sinners, Awake! You lie upon the brink of the Pit, you are sleeping over the burning Lake; you are like Sailors, which drop asleep on the top of a Mast, whom a great wind would blow into the Sea; so the wind of death, which may suddenly beat upon you, will blow you into Hell, into the Ocean of Gods wrath; and can you secure your selves a moment from the stroke of Death? when you are most secure, may not death be most near? when you think you shall live many years to eat, and drink and take your pleasure, like the rich fool in the Gospel, ⟨p. 191⟩may not death knock at your door that night, and break in upon you, and fetch away your bodies to the grave, and Devils drag your souls to Hell?