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

1. Rejoice. Believers Rejoice! Christ will appear to Judgement▪ Christ will appear in his Glory, the great God and your Saviour will appear, He, that is your Saviour and Advocate will then be the Judge of the World; your Lord and King will appear attended with a glorious Train of Heavenly Courtiers, decked with glorious beams of most excellent Majesty! Your Captain will appear, the Captain of your Salvation, with the spoils of his and your enemies: and he will ride triumphantly in the Clouds; your dearly beloved Friend and Husband will appear with such beauty and loveliness in his face, and with such dear love towards you in his heart, as hath not entered into your hearts to conceive: the Lord Jesus Christ will be glorious in the eyes of the whole world on that day; and should not this rejoice your heart to think of the glory of your Lord, which will be then so conspicuous, and of your interest in such a Person?

1. Rejoyce. Believers Rejoyce! Christ will appear to Judgement▪ Christ will appear in his Glory, the great God and your Saviour will appear, He, that is your Saviour and Advocate will then be the Judge of the World; your Lord and King will appear attended with a glorious Train of Heavenly Courtiers, decked with glorious beams of most excellent Majesty! Your Captain will appear, the Captain of your Salvation, with the spoils of his and your enemies: and he will ride triumphantly in the Clouds; your dearly beloved Friend and Husband will appear with such beauty and loveliness in his face, and with such dear love towards you in his heart, as hath not entred into your hearts to conceive: the Lord Jesus Christ will be glorious in the eyes of the whole world on that day; and should not this rejoyce your heart to think of the glory of your Lord, which will be then so conspicuous, and of your interest in such a Person?

2. Rejoice, Believers Rejoice! Christ will certainly appear: if there were any grounds to doubt the ••uth of this thing, you would have reason to grieve; but when the thing is so certain, when God hath revealed it in his Word so clearly, when the Lord hath promised it to his people so faithfully, and given his People hopes and expectations of it, he will not disappoint them: You have reason to rejoice, there is nothing more certain, as hath been proved, that the second appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ at the last day.