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

3. Christ at his second appearance will separate the righteous from the wicked, the Chaff shall be purged from the Wheat, Met 3. 12. the Tares shall be gathered from the Corn, Mat 13. 30, The bad Fish shall be divided from the good. V. 48. The Goats shall be separated from the •heep, Mat. 25. 32. By the Chaff, Tares, bad Fish, Goats, we […] to understand the wicked; by the good Corn, good Fish, […], we are to understand the righteous: who will be […] one from another, however they are now in some […] and linked together; the Elect shall be ga•••• […] into one company from the fore winds, Mat. […] shall stand on the right hand of Christ, and […] wicked shall stand on the left, Mat 25. 33. In […] and separation, their shall be no mistake, […] now. Many close hypocrites may in this […] children of God; they may live together […] receive the Sacrament together, and […] of Religion: yea, some hypocrites […] appearance, seem to out-go some of […] forwardness; the Lamps of the […] shi•e with a greater blaze than […] the wise; when they have not the least […] Grace in the vessel of their hearts, […] yea, some of Gods own children […] for hypocrites (their chiefest life being […]) by them which are uncharitable; […] themselves through the temptati••• […] •••tings of their mis-giving un•••• […] last day, there will be no mis•••• […] openly profane and notoriously vile […], (who were even professed Ene•••• […] shun their company, and separate […] be separated from them by Jesus […]; but also those who were more […] kind of love to them, but none unto […] ye•, all hypocrites, who seemed to be of […] ⟨p. 17⟩company, shall then be parted from them: Christ will look upon all with a piercing, distinguishing eye, he will easily discern and discover all the Hypocrites, however they may plead that they have eat and drank in his presence, and some of them cast out Devils in his Name; he will not judge according to the outward appearance, but according to the truth which hath been in the Heart: and they which have so much deceived men, shall not be able to deceive him: none of them shall twine themselves unperceivably, and crowd into Heaven amongst the Righteous: then the Lamps of the foolish Virgins will be gone out: then the Veil and Mask of […] outward show, will be rent and torn to pieces: