Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1831 edition. Excerpt: ... PART FOURTH. OP THE SCRIPTURAL EVIDENCE IN FAVOR OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE FINAL RESTORATION OF ALL MANKIND TO PURITY AND HAPPINESS. It is admitted that the term Universal Restoration no where occurs in the Old or New Testament. It has been adopted in this work merely for the sake of brevity and precision. The doctrine of the Scriptures is, that God is the ruler of the world; that every event is under his direction, and promotes in its appointed measure the purposes of his wise and benevolent administration; that the natural and moral evil which prevail are the instruments which his wisdom has chosen, no less than the more obvious blessings of existence, to promote the highest advantage of his intelligent creatures: that, by his almighty and all-perfect superintendence of events, he will secure this result; that he has placed mankind in a state of discipline, in order to form and to try their characters; that those who improve their present advantages, will be rewarded after death with endless felicity; that those who neglect and abuse them, and incapacitate themselves for pure enjoyment, will be placed under a painful and lasting discipline, which will correct their evil dispositions and vicious habits, and form in their minds a ge uine love of excellence; that, in order to accomplish these benevolent purposes, he has raised up Jesus Christ, whom he has specially and miraculously qualified to execute the most important of them, having with this view revealed to him the glorious gospel, and commissioned him to declare it to the world; that in reward of the firmness and fidelity with which he executed this most momentous trust, notwithstanding the danger and suffering to which it exposed him, God has highly exalted him, and made him the...
