The Universal Restoration: Exhibited in a Series of Dialogues, between a Minister and His Friend. Comprehending the Substance of Several Conversations, That the Author Hath Had with Various Persons, both in America and Europe, on That Interesting Subject…

xxxii, 251, [1] pp. 12mo. Original full leather, red leather spine label, gilt titles & rules. Winchester's most well-known work, originally published in London in 1788. 'To this edition is prefixed, a brief account of the means and manner of the author's embracing these sentiments; intermixed with some sketches of his life during four years.' Winchester began his religious life as a Baptist, but his 'reading of Sir George Stonehouse's The Restitution of All Things (1761), combined with his personal acquaintance with the Universalist George de Benneville (1703–1793), completed Winchester's conversion to Universalism. His church dismissed him, and he gathered a Universal Baptist congregation of which Benjamin Rush was a member.' He was a social activist in addition to a preacher, and spoke out against slavery during the American Revolution. (Hill, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography). Sabin 104735. Evans 26493.