Christs Certain and Sudden Appearance to Judgment, Chapter 7
CHAP. VII.
2. COncerning the judgment of the wicked, at the second appearance of Jesus Christ; in treating hereon, I shall as in the judgment of the righteous, speak,
1. Of the immediate antecedents.
2. Of the Iudgment it self.
1. The immediate Antecedents of the judgment of the wicked will be,
1. The Resurrection of their Bodies from the grave; all the wicked that are dead shall be raised, though not so soon, yet as certainly as the righteous, Ioh. 5. 28, 29. The hour cometh, that all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, (not only) they that have done good shall come forth to the Resurrection of life, (but also) they that have done evil, to the resurrection of demnation. When the wicked die, their bodies are clapt up in the Prison of the Grave, where they rot and putrifie under the chains of death, which are laid upon them▪ and their souls are shut down into the Prison of Hell, where they are bound up in chains of darkness, and wo, and reserved unto the judgment of the great day; when the Lord Jesus shal appear to judge the World, he will bring the keys of death and hell along with him, and open both these Prison doors, not to give liberty and releas… to the Prisoners; but as Prisons are opened at Assizes, to bring them forth unto Judgment; he will open the Prison of Hell, and all the souls of the wicked shall come forth like so many Locusts out of the bottomless Pit; and he will open the Prison of the Grave, and all their bodies shall creep like so many ugly …oades out of the Earth; and then soul and body shall be joyned together again, and this meeting will be sad, beyond expression; the meeting of the souls and bodies of the righteou… will not be more joyful, than the meeting of the souls and bodies of the wicked will be doleful; possibly some of the wicked had no bands in their death, and their souls went forth of their bodies without much pain or fear; but their entrance into their bodies again, will be with unexpressible horr…ur; and if some of the wicked had their consciences awakened at death, and they lay down with terrour; when they awake and rise again from the dead, it will be with far greater terrour. The old World dyed in a fright, with the deluge of Water, which over-whelmed them; Corah, Dathan, and Aliram, with their Company, died in a fright at the cleaving and opening of the Earths mouth, which swallowed them up; Iudas and other despairing souls died in a fright, at the apprehensions of the open mouth of Hell, ready to receive their guilty spirits; but none of the wicked could go forth of their bodies in such a fright as they will enter into them again at the last day: the damned souls have been lying in Hell many years, full of anguish in their separation, and they know that their anguish will be encreased by the torment of their bodies in their union, and no wonder if they be exceedingly unwilling and fearful to enter into their old lodging; their bodies have been sleeping all this while in the dust, and have felt no pain at all; and O how unwelcome a guest will their souls then be? never was death so terrible unto them, as life will be at that day; they had rather sleep still in their grave, and continue in their rottenness and corruption; they had rather lie hid for ever in the dust of oblivion, or be quite annihilated like beasts, than to arise again unto such torments, as now they must undergo; but they must arise willing or unwilling; It is said that the vile bodies of the righteous shall at the last day be fashioned like unto Christs most glorious body, Phil. 3. 21. They shall be made like unto Christs body in beauty and glory; but the bodies of the wicked will have another hue and fashion; if it were possible to fashion bodies like Devils, those impure and foul spirits, such spiritual bodies the wicked should have; be sure their bodies shall have no glory put upon them; but as they lay down vile bodies, they shall rise up far more vile; they lay down in dishonour, and they shall be raised in far greater dishonour; indeed they will be raised incorruptible and immortal; but this will not be for their glory, but that they may be capable of the greater and longer torment and misery; their bodies will be so far from being made beautiful like unto Christ, that I believe they will not regain that natural beauty which they had here upon the Earth; now some of them ou…-shine Gods own Children (whose chief beauty lies inward) in external comeliness; then none but the bodies of Gods children will shine; the bodies of the wicked most probable will be swarthy, black, ugly, monstrous bodies; if there be a ghastliness upon the bodies of the most beautifull, when they are dead, what a ghastliness will there be upon the bodies of all the wicked, when the second death shall seize upon them? were their bodies never so beautiful in themselves, yet their features would quickly be altered by the horrible passions of their minde; the blackness and dread of the soul would quickly appear in their countenance; besides the impressions which the Fire of Hell will have upon them. The soul will finde nothing in the body which will give it any delight or ease, or in the least contribute unto the asswagement of its anguish; it will return into the body as into a Prison, or Dungeon, where there is no pleasure to be found: and if the body be black, how black will the soul be, after so long abode with foul Devils in the lower Regions of darknesse? And when such foul souls, and such vile bodies meet, what a meeting! what a greeting will there be! we may fancy a kinde of language to be between them, at that day. The soul to the body, Come out of thy hole thou filthy dunghil flesh, for the pampering and pleasing of whom, I have lost my self for ever; who hast stollen away my time, and thoughts, and heart from God, and Christ, and Heavenly things, to feed, and cloath, and cherish thee, and make provision to satisfy thy base deceitful lusts, when I should have been making provision for thine and mine everlasting happiness. Awake and come forth of the dust, thou bewitching dirty flesh, who didst lull me asleep so long in thy pleasing chains, until thou didst suddenly open thy doores and thrust me out, where I was awakened in torments …efore I was aware, now I must come into thy doores again, that thou maist share and taste the bitter issue of sinful pleasures and delights. And O how will the body be affrighted, so soon as the soul is entered! never did the soul taste so much of the bodies delights, as the body will then feel of the souls anguish. The body to the soul, And hast thou found me out O my enemy? Couldst not thou have let me alone to lye still at rest in this sweet sleep? hast thou used me as a slave, and employed all my members as servants of iniquity, and unrighteousness, and art thou come now to torment me! and is this the fruit of all the pleasures we have taken together? shouldst not thou have been more wise, and provided better for thy self and me? O what cries and shreeks will the tongue give forth, so soon as it hath recovered its use! O what fearful amazing sights will there appear before the eyes, so soon as they are opened, when they first peep out of the Grave, and sinners see Heaven and Earth on Fire about them, and Christ coming in …laming Fire, to take vengeance upon them? O how dreadful will the shout, and the voice of the Arch-angel, and the sound of the last Trumpet summoning them to judgment be unto the eares? O how will every joynt and member of the bodies of the wicked tremble, when they are raised again at the last day?
2. The second Antecedent to the judgment of the wicked, will be their meeting with Devils; the righteous will meet with Angels to welcome them out of their Graves; the wicked will meet with Devils to entertain them at their resurrection; and then they will not appear unto them, like Angels of light, as sometimes here they have done; but like foul Angels of darkness, as they ever were since their first fall; they will not then entertain the wicked with pleasing baits, and sweet alluring temptations, and pretend to be their friends, who consult their good and satisfaction, beyond God himself, the chief good of mankind; as they did when their abode was in the world before: but they will spit forth their venome, and malice, then, in their faces; possibly they may buffet their bodies, and lay painful strokes upon them; surely they will terrify their soules for those sins which they have drawn them unto the commission of; O hovv vvill they mock, and deride their folly, and madness for opening their eares to their vvhispers, for opening their heart so readily, vvhen they have knockt at the door, and entised them unto sin? then the damned will perceive that the Devils design vvas their ruine and misery, vvhen the pretence and show was consultation for their good and happiness; that he laboured to please and delight them, not out of love, but malice, that he might undo them; that he lull'd them asleep, that they might not perceive their misery, till it was too late; that poison was in his sweetest baits; and that their softest pleasures were Sathans silken cords, by which he was dravving them unto endless wo and bitterness; then they vvill perceive hovv the Prince of Darkness hath blinded their eyes, and deluded them; hovv the old Serpent hath beguiled them through his subtilty, and deceived them; how they have been gull'd of a Crown and Kingdome they had the proffers of, and vvere in a capacity to obtain; then they will perceive whose slaves they have been, whilst they were serving divers lusts; that the Devil was their Lord and Master, and led them captive at his will; and now they will meet with their Masters, whom they have served, unto their terrour and amazement; how will they be affrighted at the apparition of so many Devils about them? When they shall throw into their thoughts such hideous apprehensions, and lash their spirits with horrible scourges, when they shall seize upon their bodies, and tear them, and drag them to the Judgment-seat, and there is none to rescue and deliver them.
3. The third Antecedent to the judgment of the wicked, will be their meeting one with another; as the Elect, so all the reprobates will be gathered together into one company; O what an innumerable company of Rebels, and Traytors, and Villains, will then be got together! how fiercely and horribly will they look one upon another? and if they speak, what language of Hell will there issue forth of their lips? they may meet with their old companions and fellow-sinners, but it will not be like such as they now call meetings of good-fellowship, when they get together in a Tavern and Ale-house, or some house of wickedness, to drink, and sing, and daunce, and sin, and make merry in the pleasing of their flesh; they shall not then have Ale, and Wine, and Women, and Musick, or any incentives to mirth and sensual pleasures; the last meeting will be no merry meeting, but sad and dismal; the pleasing affections which they formerly had to their friends will be changed; their love will be turned into hatred; and the joy they have found in them will be turned into grief and anger; O the angry countenances the wicked will have on that day! it is said, the Nations shall be angry; O the angry speeches! how will they rage and storm at one another? especially at those who have drawn them into sin, how will they curse and ban one another? O the horrible noise that▪ will be amongst the damned crew when they are got together! It may be from words they fall to blows, and tear one anothers …air, and spurn at one anothers bellies, and bite one anothers flesh, and even claw out one anothers eyes; we cannot conjecture so much of the mi…ery of the wicked, as will be on that day.
4. The wicked that are alive on the earth at the …econd appearance of Christ, shall see the righteous …hat are dead, arise out of their graves with mar…ellous beauty and joy; and those which are alive wonderfully changed into the likeness and fashi…n of Christ; and all of them suddenly caught …p together in the clouds to meet the Lord in the …ir; which …ight will be fearful and amazing to …hem, when they perceive themselves to be left …ehind. We read Rev. 11. 11, 12. When the two witnesses after they had lain dead for some time …ad the spirit of life put into them, and they stood …pon their feet, and were called up, and ascended …p into Heaven; it is said their enemies beheld …hem, and great fear fell upon them: so when all …he witnesses and servants of the Lord shall have … spirit of life put into them, and stand upon …eir feet, and be called up, and caught up in the …ouds to meet the Lord; their enemies, and the …icked on the earth will behold them, and great …ar will fall upon them. But, O the fear and …ouble which will be upon the spirits of those …nbelieving Christ-less, grace-less sinners, whose … de shall at that day be amongst the believers, …nd some of them linked in the nearest relations … them, when their believing relations shall be …aught away from them, and carried up into the air, with the rest of the glorious train of Saints, when themselves shall remain below upon the earth; It is said, that at the time of Christ coming, Luke 17. 34, 35, 36. Two men shall be in one bed, the one shall be taken, the other left; two women shall be grinding together, the one shall be taken and the other left; two men shall be together in the field, the one shall be taken the other left. Friends will be together at that day as at other times, not expecting Christs comming, and it may be less expecting it than before they did; some will be in fields together, some in houses together, some will be in beds together, some will be in Churches together, it may be Ministers preaching, and people hearing, as you are hearing me this day.
Suppose that the heavens should just now open and you should hear the sound of the last Trumpet, and Jesus Christ should descend with a glorious train of Angels into the air; then all yo… that are believers, and have got an interest i… Christ, would immediately be caught up in th… clouds, to meet with the Lord: but all you tha… are impenitent and unbelievers, would be left behind: and think what terrour would fall upon you to see us caught away from you; it may be som… of you might come hanging about me and other… when you see us arrayed in shining garments, an… suddenly changed into the glorious likeness … our Lord, and called by the Angels to go up … him: O take us up along with you! what, wi… you leave us behind! Alas what can I do for … then; I must say, I told you of this time and this before; but you did not seriously regard it, so as to pr… pare; I called you often to repentance, and preach… Iesus Christ to you, and shewed you the way of sa…vation; but you would not accept of him, ye refused him, and lived in the neglect of your own salvation. I told you, if you did not forsake such and such sins, they would be your ruine; and yet you would not be perswaded to leave them. I forewarned you of the miseries which would come upon you at Christs coming, but you would not take warning.
Fain would I have had you all up along with me, to meet my Lord; and if I could have been instrumental to convert, and turn you unto him, my joy and crown would have been the greater: O how glad should I have been of your companie in this Tri…mph: some did hearken and believe; some did awaken when they were called, and repent, and reform their lives: some were wise, and did fore-think and make provision for this day; and now see how they shine; see the mirth and joy in their countenances; see the issue and fruit of their tears, and self-denial, of their faith, and love, and holy walking. Now, now, we are going together to our Lord, whom we have sought, and served, and trusted for our happiness: and O that you would have hearkned, and been perswaded to have joined your selves to our number, that we might have gone together; O that you would have joined your selves to our Lord, and have had fellowship with them who hed fellowship with the Father, and his Son Iesus Christ, and broken …ff your fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, and workers of iniquity; but you would go on in the broad way, because it was more easie; the way to heaven was too narrow and difficult for you: if profession would have been enough, and external joyning you selves to Gods people would have brought you to heaven, this some of you could do with readiness sufficient; but when you must have a power as well as a form, and when you must mourn for sin, crucifie the flesh, mortifie the deeds of the body, deny your selves, take up the cross, be so strict in your lives, make conscience of thoughts, words, and all your actions, this you could not away with: you could brook to be religious sometimes by the by, and when you had nothing else to do; but to make it your business to be religious, you could not endure: you could put on a forme and outward vizard of godliness on the Sabbath daies; but to be religious on the week daies, and every day, to be holy in all manner of conversation, this was too much, and a hard saying which you could not bear: and if you did not like the terms of the Gospel, and would be the servants of the Devil, whilst you seemed to be the servants of Christ; and go on covertly in the way to Hell, whilst you seemed to be going in the way to Heaven; what can I do for you now? I thought you would have shined and gone with us, when you shined so much in profession; and is your Lamp now gone cut, when the Bridegroom is come? …las! who can supply you now with Oyle? I have little enough for my self, and none to spare for you; and do you ask me for Oyle? alas! if I had enough I could not part with it, and put any into your vessels …t Now, now it is too late, I came with Oyle often to sell from my Lord and Master, and you might have had it for nothing; you might have bought it without money, and without price; but then you slighted and refused all pr…ffers of grace, which were made; you valued your lusts, which you must have parted withall … it, at a higher rate; you refused the Oile altogether, or at le…st took no more than would light your Lamps; you would not receive any into the vessels of your hearts: and do you think I can supply you with Oyle now? S…me of you had convictions once in the time of the Plague, when death raged amongst you, and …me good worke was beginning then in you; and is … off, and come to nothing, and dwindled into an empty profession? Alas? what shall I do for you now? You know I ventured my life for you, to preach to you, when the arrows were flying so thick about you; I ventured my liberty for you, my health for you, and was often spent for you, and amongst you, that I might be instrumentall to call and save you: but when the thunder of Iudgments was a little over, and out of hearing, you quickly dropt asleep, and the voice of preaching could not enter your ears and awaken you: Alas! why do you look upon me now with such rufull countenances, and stand with such trembling joints, and speak so earnestly unto me, as if something might yet be done for you, and are loath to let me go from your company? Alas! what can I do for you now? should I stay and preach unto you again, and call, and invite you to Iesus Christ, and open the treasures of the Gospel, and now you will open your ears, and hearts to receive? Alas! now the mysterie of God is finished, the treasures of the Gospel are shut up, and sealed, and the day of grace is quite spend and gone, and cannot be recalled; could not you have opened before, when you know I knocked often, and hard, in my Masters name for entertainment? I called, but ye refused; I stretched out my hand, and lifted up my voice like a Trumpt; but you did not regard and follow the counsels which were given unto you; and now my preaching work is done for ever. Should I sty and pray with you, and for you, that God would pardon your sins, or defer your judgment but a little while, if it were but for a week, or a day, that you might prepare your accounts, and O how presently would you make your peace with God, how readily would you accept of Christ on any terms; do any thing, suffer any thing, denie self, take up cr…sse; O how diligent would you be in the service of God, and resist Sathan, and take heed of sin; Alas! poor souls all these desires are too late: I have prayed with you, and for you, and you have had warning and time ro prepare your accounts, and have been called to these duties before; but now the Oath is sworn by him that liveth for ever and ever, that time shall be no longer; now the ear of God is shut, and no prayer can enter.
Now Christ is come down from the mercy Seat; from the right hand of the Father, where he made intercession; and the Throne of Grace is now turned into a Iudgment Seat; now there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin, nothing but a fearfull looking for o… judgment to devour the wicked. Alas! why do you hang about me with teares and weeping? what can I do for you now? can I carry you all up with me in my armes? would not the load be too great for me? and if all of us together could hand and help some of you up into the aire with us, and bring you into the presence of our dear and glorious Redeemer; With what confidence could you stand before him? With what face could you look upon him, when you are so black, and …ilthy, and have such guilt upon your consciences? Would not your looks betray you to be none of our number? Would not your black and trembling joynts speak what you are? and would not Christ then frown you away from our company? and then we must of necessity let you fall from on high amongst your fellow hypocrites and unbelievers. Could we carry you up with us? if you should lay hold on us, would not the Angels snatch us out of your armes? or would not Devils tear you away from us? And could I rescue any of you out of Sathans hands, when he comes to seize upon his own? Alas! what can I do f…r you at this time? I must away, and be gone, and bid you now adieu for ever; The Saints are all risen, and have put on their glorious attire, and we are called for; It is your own faults that you did not help to fill up this number; and when such of us as belong to Christ should be caught up in the clouds; O how dreadful would it be for you, and all that should be found in the number of them that are left?
5. The fifth and most dreadful Antecedent to the Iudgment of the wicked, will be their sight of the Lord Iesus Christ himself: who will be revealed from Heaven, at that day, in flaming Fire, to take vengeance upon them. 2 Thess. 1. 7, 8. The sight of their judge will affright them: Rev. 1. 7. Behold he cometh with Clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they also that pierced him, and all kindreds of the Earth shall wail because of him: even so, Amen. Every eye shall see him, not only the righteous, but also the wicked; and they also that pierced him, that is, the Jewes which crucified him, as he saith, Matth. 26. 64. Hereafter shall yee see the Son of Man, sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the Clouds of Heaven. O how fearfull will the sight of Jesus Christ be to Iudas, that betrayed them, unto the Officers that took him, unto the base Servant that smo…e him with the palm of his hand; unto the people that mocked and spit upon him, unto the Pharisees that accused him, unto Pilate that scourged and condemned him, unto Herod that scorn'd him, unto the Souldiers that mocked and crucified him, unto the Priests that stirred up the People and Pilate against him, and in the midst of his agony and anguish railed on him? though they did not see him come down from the cross, yet when they see him come down from heaven, they will believe that he was the Messias; and O how will this sight terrify them? then they will smite their breasts indeed, and be filled with horrour, when they perceive that the same Jesus was the Son of God, and is now the Judge of the World, and is come to call them before his Bar, who then did stand before theirs; the High Priest that rent his cloathes, when Christ call'd himself the Son of God, will be ready to rend himself in pieces for not acknowledging it; and with what face will Iudas look his Master in the face, when he sees him come in such glory! and if some Souldiers that kept Christs Sepulchre, did so shake, and become like dead men at Christs resurrection, when they saw the Angel, whose countenance was like lightning, and raiment white as Snow, come and roll away the Stone from before the door thereof: Matth. 28. 2, 3, 4. O how will they all that had a hand in his death, quake and tremble, when they see the Lord Jesus Christ himself come with such Power and Glory, and all the Holy Angels with him, to call them to Judgment? Further it is said that all the kindreds of the Earth shall wail because of him, so Matth. 24. 30. All the Tribes of the Earth shall mourn, when they see the Son of Man coming in the Clouds of Heaven; this we are to understand of the wicked kindreds and tribes of the Earth; the sight of Christ will be matter of the greatest Joy unto his Disciples, but of the greatest sorrow unto the wicked World; the mourning of the wicked, see how it is set forth, Rev. 6. 15, 16, 17. And the Kings of the Earth, and the great Men, and the rich Men, and the chief Captains, and the mighty Men, and every Bond-man, and every free-man hid themselves in the Dens, and in the Rocks▪ and in the Mountains. And said to the Rocks, and to the Mountains, f…ll on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth upon the Throne, and from the wrath of the Lawb, for the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand? Then profane and wicked Kings, who would not submit unto the Government of Christ, but brake his bands asunder, and cast away his cords from them, shall see this King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, come down from heaven to judge them, and O with what fear would they then run and hide themselves in Dens, or under some great Rocks and Mountains, if they could, from the face of him who will then sit upon the Throne of Judgment! and with what trembling will they stand amongst the meanest of their subjects, devested of all their power and dignity? then the Nobles and great Men of the Earth, who having been lifted up above the ordinary degree of men, have lifted up their hearts also with pride and haughtiness beyond measure, and let loose the reigns unto licentiousness, and wallowed in filthy delights and pleasures, shall see the Son of Man coming in the Clouds; and O how will their proud hearts then be brought down, and their haughtiness laid low, and their sweet sinful delights be turned into bitter gall and wormwood! then they will cry to the Rocks to cover them, and the Mountains to hide them: if they can finde any such place to receive them in this terrible day. Then the chief Captains and mighty Men, who employed their force and strength under the banner of the Devil, and endeavoured to promote the interest of his Kingdome in the World, and rebelled against the Lord of Hosts, shall see the Heavens opened, and this mighty Captain come down with the Armies of Heaven attending upon him in white, to execute vengeance upon them, and then their courage will fail them, and the wrath of the Lamb will make them tremble, and they would creep into a Rock, or any hole to hide them; then the rich men who have placed their hearts and confidence in their riches; especially those who have heaped up riches by injustice and unrighteous practises shall see the Son of Man coming against them, and weep and howl for the miseries which are coming upon them; and their riches will be so far from profiting them in the day of wrath, that they will be witnesses to accuse them a…d aggravate their condemnation; Then every Bond-man and every Free-man that are slaves to the Devil and their own lusts, shall see the Son of Man coming to judge them, and be in the number of the mourners, crying to the Mountains to fall on them. Then there will be distress upon all Nations, and great perplexity, Sea waves roaring, and Mens hearts failing them, for fear, when they are looking up into the Clouds, and see the Son of Man is come down, and his Throne is prepared for judgment. The Heathen Nations will mourn to see him, especially the wicked who have had the name of Christians upon them, and have sat under the light of the Gospel; O how will their faces be filled with shame and confusion, and their hearts with terrour and astonishment, when they behold the face of the Lord Jesus Christ shining with such beauty and glory, but looking on them with anger and disdain? And is this glorious King that Iesus Christ whom we heard so much spoken of when we lived upon the Earth? Was he indeed so great whose commands we disobeyed, whose threatnings we slighted, whose grace we abused, and whose wrath we dis-regarded? Was it so excellent a person, who was described and set forth to us by Ministers in such superlative expressions, all which he exceeds? and yet could we see no form, nor comeliness in him, nothing for which we should desire him? Was this the Saviour that was preached to us, and proffered to us? This the Iesus Christ that we were pressed so frequently and so earnestly to get an interest in, with so many powerfull arguments, and yet could not be moved and perswaded? Was it this Person that did call us, and stretch forth his hand all the day long to us, that did wooe us, and intreat us by his messengers, to accept of parden, and grace, and salvation, and knock at the door of our hearts again and again, by his Word and Spirit for entertainment? and did we shut our ear and our heart against him, and refuse all his gracious tenders which were made unto us? What, did we hearken to the Devil when he tempted us to sin, that he might destroy us; and not hearken to Christ, who would have perswaded us to faith and obedience, that he might save us? Could we harbour base lusts, which were like so many vipers in our bosoms, and give no entertainment to Iesus Christ, who would have brought riches and glory with him? O what fools & mad men and women have we been! How have our cursed hearts deceived us, and the devil deluded us? How have we been bewitched, to prefer the v…nities of the World, and the satisfaction of the desires of our flesh, before an interest in such a Saviour? Wo! wo! wo! be unto us, for now the great day of the Lord is come, and who is able to stand? This is the fifth Antecedent to the judgment of the wicked▪ they shall see the Lord Jesus coming in the clouds, and be summoned to the bar, and plaeed at his left hand; of which before.
6. The sixth Antecedent will be their seeing the Iudgment, and hearing the Sentence of the righteous, Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the World. And oh how will they grind and gnash their teeth, and their hearts be ready even to burst with envy and indignation, to see those poor mean Christians, whom some of them have separated from their company, and accounted as the off…scouring of the earth, and not worthy to set with the dogs of their flock, exalted to such dignity, shining in such glory, and adjudged to such happiness, when themselves are lookt upon with such contempt, and stand waiting for their judgment and final Doom to Torments and eternal misery. These are the Antecedents of the Judgment of the wicked.