Wesley Corpus

3. Had all men a deep sense of this, how effectually would it secure the interests of society! For what more forcible motive can be conceived to the practice of genuine morality to a steady pursuit of solid virtue an uniform walking in justice, mercy, and truth What could strengthen our hands in all that is good, and deter us from all evil, like a strong conviction of this, "The Judge standeth at the door;" and we are shortly to stand before him 4. It may not therefore be improper, or unsuitable to the design of the present assembly, to consider, I. The chief circumstances which will precede our standing before the judgement-seat of Christ; II. The judgement itself; and, III. A few of the circumstances which will follow it. I. 1. Let us, in the first place, consider the chief circumstances which will precede our standing before the judgement-seat of Christ.