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

2. The second Book which will be opened at Christs […] will be the Book of mens own Consciences: and this […] the counter-part to every mans particular, of what […] ten in the Book of Gods remembrance they will […] same thing there registered: indeed Conscience […] seem to be asleep, and say nothing whilst men […] ••• ing and drinking, and sinning▪ yet Conscience is […] awake & busy in writing, and taking notes of […] actions every day: Conscience hath its Day-[…] hath not an empty page: the mouth of […] be shut, and with much ado for the prese•• […] from speaking and biting; but the e•e of […] be shut from seeing, nor the hand of Cons••• […] from registering what it takes notice of: […] World hath as it were whole Volumes of […] his bosom written down by Conscience; […] letter of some things done long ago, may […] and worn out, so that a man cannot read […] when this Book shall be opened at the last […] appear in very legible characters; like as when a […] with the juice of a Lemon upon fair Paper, the juice […] and the Paper is white, and cannot read a word when […] ⟨p. 22⟩i• written, nor while it is writing: but let him keep the paper many years by him, and after bring that Paper close to the fire, the white letters will turn black, and become very legible: so the Conscience of wicked persons is writing whilst they are sinning, and they do not perceive it after it is written: they forget many of their old sins, yea they do not take notice of them as sins, whilst they are committing them, but when the last day is come, and Christ is come, who will be revealed from Heaven inflaming fire, to take vengeance upon them, and the Book of their Consciences shall be opened before them, then all the notes of Conscience shall be plain and easy to be read, and a ready […] •••firmation, Conscience will give of all that is written in the […] of Gods remembrance: and O how sweet will the […] •••ony of conscience be of good actions? how bitter will […] ••ords be of sins?