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

LECTURE ON THE TIMES AND ITS DUTIES

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. MWV1 101.2

THE apostle in the context exhorts his Roman brethren to good works, to a holy life in conformity with the law,-the royal law, which teaches us to love God with all our heart, and our neighbor as ourselves. He then gives the text as one of the most prominent reasons why we should conform to the requisitions of the law: because the night is far spent, and the day is at hand. MWV1 101.3

I shall, therefore, in explaining the text, MWV1 101.4

I. SHOW WHAT THE APOSTLE MEANS BY “NIGHT AND DAY.” MWV1 101.5

II. SHOW THE PROPRIETY OF HIS ADMONITION, “CAST OFF THE WORKS OF DARKNESS.” MWV1 101.6

III. ATTEND TO HIS EXHORTATION, “LET US PUT ON THE ARMOR OF LIGHT.” MWV1 101.7