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

' LECTURE V.
Hem is windmr. h him that bath undeptardiog ceaDt mrm
berofh beast; for it is h e numberofamanj and bynlrmbea
m six hunbed cbreeseom and six.
THIS text has caused aa much spocuLtbm as any
text in the whole Bible; rivere of ink bare been nhed
to explain ita meaning, brains have been addled in
trying to find Borne great myste which the wisdom of
thia world, as was supposed, cot% only discover; and in
tryin to be wise above whnt was written, men have
loa &ir U e , and fell into absurdities too ridieuloue
to mention. Some have searched through all the vocabulary
of Greek narnes, to hi om whoee nmnerical
letten woukl make the number 666, and they have beem
wonderfully blest, for the found a number; But here
again there remained a &iiculty m -mount, which
required an much ingenuit as the former; but tn
remedy the oil, every Greel rbolar cbos the one hr
fancy dictated, mote his book on the number 066, and
then died, and hie woaderfrrl m e died with him ; for
every wise Greek had his om favorite name. Also, the
Latin book-worms, not wishin to be outdone by their
(iree* brstbrro, mmmpd dtbe goatab parchments
and musty books In the clo~stere of all the monks
m Christendom ; and behold, a much greater harvest was
the fruit of their labor; for now every L a w had three
u more names to hi ahare ; and in all this wisdom, aU
ether natiooll wore laft without any nisdum, exc-