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

Awake, think whether the pleasures of si• for a season, are to be compared with the eternal torments of Hell; or the uncertain treasures of Earth with the eternal store of Gods wrath, or the empty vanishing worldly honour, with the exceeding and everlasting weight of misery, which the damned shall sink under in H•ll? If any sleepy sinners begin to startle with such thunder […] of Judgment and being unwilling to part with their sins feel their hearts to rise within them against the message & Messengers, for thrusting such harsh things into their ears f•r •••••sting their spirits, and disturbing the peace which they have •••herto had in their sinful way: cannot Ministers let us alone, […] they be called to an account for us? will they suffer for […] and why do they thus affright•us with Peals of Judgment? […] loved, •e Ministers are set as Watchmen to sound the Trumpet, […] warn […] of Judgment, which if we should neglect to do, […] blood would be required at our hands, Ezek 33. from […] first Verse to the 11. And we shall be called to an accounts for the Souls committed to our charge, Heb. 1. 17. And […] having notice given us by God in his Word of the coming […] to judge and punish the ungodly World at the l•st day, […] awing the terror of the Lord, how terrible the day of […] will be unto you if you be found amongst the ungodly and how terrible the day will be unto us, if we be found unfaithful to your souls, we warn you, and persuade you to flee from the wrath to come; and can you blame us then for using harsh language, when we cannot omit it without danger to our selves […] […] your souls? when otherwise we cannot be faithful to you […] Master, who hath sent us to declare these things? […] indeed (like some) flatter you, and sooth you up in […] of […]; we might speak smooth things unto you and pro•••• […]; but what advantage would it be unto you to be […] if you were pleased with us, and did commend us […] sure you would curse us for our unfaithfulness here•••• […] Sinners, it is not cruelty, but pity and mercy to shoot […] arrows of Gods threatenings into your consciences; it […], but sender love to your souls, that we endeavour