An important study of the origins of post- and pre-millennialism in English theology. It reveals that many Puritans expected the imminent collapse of the Papacy, the restoration of the Jews, and the dawn of a period of glory for the Church. An important study of the origins of post- and pre-millennialism in English theology. It reveals that many Puritans expected the imminent collapse of the Papacy, the restoration of the Jews, and the dawn of a period of glory for the Church.