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Excerpt from Essays on the Millennium
On the much contested point, whether the dispensation of millennial blessedness imply merely an increased outpouring of the Spirit, or whether, in addition to that, it imply also the personal reign of Christ and of his saints, I would venture a few Observations; speaking, however, as one who is rather an inquirer than a decided advocate of either system. Still, I cannot deny that on the supposition that the millennium is to be an universal reign of righteousness, much would incline me to believe in the personal advent. In the first place, there is, in my mind, great force in the argument that, to a triumphant church, the Scriptures of the New Testament would be in a great measure inapplicable. For how could the friendship of the world be enmity against God, when all its kingdoms did him service? How could those who live godly in Christ8 ON the millennium. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
