1841 William Miller Evidence from Scripture & History - A2Z.org

dc fmicdor " is mentioned ! How many a coadmun
would hide their faces ! How many iddaters " wdd
how their heads, or railers" would begin to murmur at
the plainness of the speaker ! How many LL drunkarb'
would not have staggered into this house! And how
many "&ortionws" would have staid at home ! 0 God,
thou knowest Or who can read the 2d chapter of the
2d epistle of Peter, and John's first epistle, Jude, and
others, and not be convinced that the apostles could not
bear with them that were evil Again: "Thou haat
tried them whlch say they are apostles, and are not, and
hast found them liars." This sentence was fulfilled in
the apostles' days. Simon Maps, after he was profedly
a disciple of Christ, was found out by Peter to he
in the gall of bitterness and bonds of iniquity." Hpmeneus
and Alexander, whom Paul delivered to Satan,
that they may learn not to blaspheme. 1 Timn L M
Also Philetus, L)emas, and Alexander the coppersmith,
were all found to be lian, and many others who went out
from them, as the apostle says, because they acre not of
them. And how many are there now, my brethren, amo
us, who, when tribulation cometh, will be offended, 3
go out from 11s ! Lord, is it I And hast borne, and
llast patience, und for my name's sake hnst labored, nnd
hnst not Fainted." Yes, my brethren, it was for the nnrne
of Jesus, that the primitive Cllristians bore the pcmecutions
of their day. Acts xv. '3, 26, "It seen~ed ,pod
unto 11s to send chosen mpn unto you, witli our beloved
Barnabas and I'aul, men that hare hazarded thzir lives
for tile nalrlc of olir Lord Jcaus Christ" Acts ix. 16,
For I will show him what gn,at thin,@ he must ai~ffer
for Iny name's sake." Verse 41, And tllcy departed from
tl~e presence of the cou~~cil, rejoicing that hey were
coullted worthy to suffer slla~ne for his .name." Ancl,
may I not inquire, how many of us are willing and wolild
rc,joice to suffer shame for the nnme of Christ Perhnpa
none. We had ruttier be called Rabbi, llcv., Dr, tc.
\Ve are contendinp for our ncrnws at tllc prcsrnt day : for
Ik~ptists, Congreptionali*ts, I'w~byteri~ins, hlrtl~trli..ts,
S'rce-wills, Cahpbellitcs, &c. It' we do not contvnd enrnd
y for onr eect, they will decrease, and we ahall coma