• Introduction - To the American Reader
• Preface to the Fifth Edition
• Author's Preface
• CHAPTER 1. Future Punishment Is Eternal.
• CHAPTER 2. Eternal Death
• CHAPTER 3. Testimony Of The Old Testament.
• CHAPTER 4. Testimony Of The New Testament.
• CHAPTER 5. The Greek Of The New Testament.
• CHAPTER 6. The Primary Sense Of Terms Vindicated.
• CHAPTER 7. The Illustrations Of Scripture.
• CHAPTER 8. The Resurrection Of The Wicked.
• CHAPTER 9. The Divine Justice.
• CHAPTER 10. The Extinction Of Evil.
• CHAPTER 11. Examination Of Particular Texts.
• CHAPTER 12. Distinctions In Future Punishment.
• CHAPTER 13. Theories Of Punishment And Christian Missions.
• CHAPTER 14. Some Objections Answered.
• CHAPTER 15. The Apostolic Fathers. Clement Of Rome.
• CHAPTER 16. Justin Martyr.
• CHAPTER 17. Irenaeus, Martyr And Bishop Of Lyons.
• CHAPTER 18. Rise Of The Theory Of Eternal Life In Hell.
• CHAPTER 19. Tertullian.
• CHAPTER 20. Rise Of The Theory Of Universal Restoration Origen.
• CHAPTER 21. Conclusion.

The Duration And Nature Of Future Punishment

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By HENRY CONSTABLE, A.M.
Prebendary of Cork

Fifth Edition - 1875

Preface To The Fifth Edition

ABOUT eight years ago we brought out the first edition of our work on the Duration and Nature of Future Punishment; and within that period the views advocated on our side have made very considerable progress. In Australia and India and America, as well as in Great Britain and on the Continent of Europe, numbers of persons of deep religious knowledge and undoubted piety have heartily adopted the great Scriptural doctrine of Life in Christ. Very many of them have given proof of the sincerity of their opinion by suffering for the truth's sake. When this view was prominently laid before the religious world of our day it was called a novelty, which would die out as soon as curiosity was satisfied. It has not, however, died out, but is steadily progressing year after year. It has stood its ground against misrepresentation, denunciation, and argument. It challenges the closest inquiry. Its appeal is to the Word of the living and true God.

For ourselves, we can truly say that the part we have taken in this question is one on which we look back with almost perfect satisfaction. If we have done anything which may deserve remembrance when we have passed away from this present scene it is what we have done in this great question. We adopted it from our study of God's Word. We advocated it because we felt it to be, our duty to do so. Through the successive editions of our work, while we have introduced new matter into the later editions, and enlarged upon the arguments of our earlier ones, we have never seen occasion to modify even a single statement or argument which we put forward when we first came before the Christian public.

HENRY CONSTABLE.

London, 20th July. 1875.