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Rh The is this,

'This is a goſpel truth, that Chriſt, who came into the world in the form of a ſervant, will one day come as a Judge, attended with his holy angels'

And if this be ſo, then firſt for an uſe of exhortation.

1ſt, Let us all be warned, and while we have time, provide for that day: Yet the weather is fair, we may frame an ark to ſave us from the flood: Yet are the angels at the gate of Sodom, and yet is Jonah in the ſtreets of Nineveh: yet the prophet laments, crying, 'O Judah! how ſhall I intreat thee?' Yea, the apoſtle prays, nay, we pray in Chriſt's ſtead, 'that ye be reconciled unto God,' But, here a queſtion will ariſe, How will Chriſt appear?

I anſwer. He, who as a man once appeared to be judged, will then appear to judge all mankind. Conſider this, ye that are going to the bar; what a dreadful ight will this be to the faithleſs Jews, ſtubborn Gentiles. and wicked Chriſtians, when every eye ſhall ſee him, and they alſo that pierced him? This is the man, ſhall they ſay. that was crucified for us and again crucified by us. Why, alas! every ſin is a croſs, and every oath is a ſpear, and when that day is come, you muſt behold the man, who thus you do crucify by your daily ſin, ſure this will be a fearful ight. Where is the bloody ſwearer, that can tear his wounds, heart and blood? At that day all theſe words will appear, the heart be viſible,