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By the angel coming down from heaven, we are doubtless to understand 
the second advent of our Saviour descending from thence to take possession 
of that kingdom of which he had received a promise from on high, and of 
which he was before sent to invite mankind to become with him joint- 
partakers. And that the purity, peace, and prosperity, of that kingdom 
might receive no interruption or alloy, for at least a thousand years to come, 
the Angel, we are told, will restrain the power of sin and Satan for that time; 
will lay hold of the dragon, as St. John expresses it, that old serpent, which 
is the devil and Satan , and bind him a thousand years, and cast him into the 
bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, so as that neither 
he nor his shall rise to deceive the nations any more, until the thousand 
years are fulfilled. During this period of time, the souls of the good and 
righteous, the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Christ, 
and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the least , neither 
had received his mark upo?i their foreheads , or in their hands (in which class 
will be comprehended the extremely good and righteous in general); all 
these are to live and reign with Christ. But the rest of the dead 
rose not till the thousand years are fulfilled. “ Blessed and holy is he that 
The reader who wishes to enter more into this subject will peruse with satisfaction the 
following works: 
1. A Discourse on Predestination, from Rom. viii. 29 , 30; in which God's Design of Mercy to 
all Mankind, in the Choice of some, is demonstrated. By A. Bennett. 
2. Universal Restitution a Scripture Doctrine. By Stonehouse. 
3. Chaunci on Universal Salvation. 
4. Essay on Universal Redemption. By John Browne, M. A. 
5. Endless Misery Overthrown. By James Weaver. 
0 . Thoughts on Divine Goodness. By Oliver Petitpierre. One of the most pious and 
learned books ever written. 
7, Two Sermons on Universal Restoration. By F. Leicester, A. B. 
8 . Trial of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus, by Dr. Sherlock, with a Preface 
by W. Vidler. 
I will here conclude with a wish that those who preach a contrary doctrine would most 
attentively peruse these admirable lines of Pope : 
Let not this weak and erring hand 
Presume thy bolts to throw. 
And deal damnation round the land 
On each I judge thy foe. 
If I am right, thy grace impart 
Still in that right to stay; 
If I am wrong, O teach my heart 
To find that better way. 
