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

CHB~ST'S mom cane. !a8
8. i632, which war lssted until the peace of MW
lG48. The other ki doma of the ancient empire of
Rome were more o!es drenched in blood, and civil
wars, on account of their religious tenets, and contention
of their rulers and mere^ princes. These were
the hea judgmenta which 8 d saw fit to idict upon
the -%ms and states of the,church of Rome, for the
innocent blood which she had shed of the Protestante
who had protested against her cruel and blasphemow
practices. For they have shed the blood of saints and
prophets, and thou hast 'ven them blood to dnnk, for
the are worthy." u And & fourth angel poured out hh
$idupon the sun, and xwer TU pven unto hk.to
scorch men with lire. d men were scorched
great heat, and blaqhemed the name of God, which hath
wer over these plagues ; and they repented not to give
Em glory." The sun is the great source of light and
heat, and, in mphetic language, is an emhlem of the
fgpel, .a ex&ed in the 19th Psalm, CIO. a Their
e has one out through all the earth, and their words
to the enf of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle
for the sun," &c. To '(scorch men" with fire, sigpifies
to make men angry ; reat heat," unrommonly angry,
vengeful, malicious. l%s vial was poured out in the
last century, when the ospel was proclaimed in these
kingdoms of the beast %ow, during the greater part
of the last centory, and in all the kingdoms where the
gospel was preached, there were manifested insidious
attempts and a systematic opposition against the goepel
of Jesus Christ, or the Holy Scriptures. This opposition
was headed by Frederick, king of Prussia, and aided
by all the wits, men of enius and learning, as they
boasted, of all Europe anf ~merica ; and in their secret
assemblies, or clubs, they went so far as to calculate
about what length of time it mould take for them to destroy
and exterminate the religion of the Galilean and
his twelve fishermen ;" and no writers that ever wrote
took such unwearied pains, showed so much vimlence
and anger, blasphemed the nrrme of God to such a deec,
as these writers ; and none, either before or since,
ave ever dared to exhibit the like. LL And they re-
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