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

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bridegmom cometh : go e out to meet him * Prepare
to meet your Judge. ,dw he has given you a time for
repentance ; you have had a probati- season, and
possibly now the sceptse of mercy is held out to yoa .
Repent, or it will soon be said ta ym PI Jeremiah said
to the virgin, the drughtu of Egypt, "In vain ddt
thou use many medicines ; for thoa shalt net be cured ;
or as in t8e parable, "1 know you ndn Have you no
oil in your lamps Dday not a moment; believe the
gospel, and yott will live; believe in the wsrd of God;
receive the love of the Bridegroom, and make no delay ;
for while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and
they that were ready went in with him to the marri
and the doer am shut 0, tbink what must be %
exercise of your minds when these tliags shaU be real;
when you will stand withoat and knock, saying, Lord,
Lord, open unto us. Again I arrk, Wil! you repent, behve,
and be wived Are you demnrrned to res~sthe
truth until it is too late Say, risaer, rbat tkiuk ye
4' We will risk the coaeequenca We do not believe
in your day you tell us of. Tbe nd
ie the same it
always was; no chge, mar ever will be; but if it
should come, it will not this ten thowand yeam ; not in
our day, cestpinly. Youdo notbeiieveyoumelf. If you
did, we should call you a fool*
Are these your argumente, sinner Yea Well, if I
had brought no more, no stronger arguments ban them,
I would not blame you for aot believing, for not one of
yours can yon or have you supported with a particle of
roof. They are mere .esertiona your believing or not
gelieving wdi not alter the h i g of ~ God. The mtdluvians
believed not. The citizens of the piain laughed
at the folly of Lot. And where me they now Rutf*
ing the vengeance of eternal &a