Miller’s Works, vol. 1. Views of the Prophecies and Prophetic Chronology

RULE XI

How to know when a word is used figuratively. If it makes good sense as it stands, and does no violence to the simple laws of nature, then it must be understood literally, if not, figuratively. MWV1 22.3

PROOFS

Revelation 12:1, 2. 17:3-7. MWV1 22.4