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8541 Miller’s Works, vol. 2. Evidence from Scripture and History of the Second Coming of Christ about the Year, p. 257.1 (William Miller)

… this argument succeeds it is well; he is sure of his prey. But if they reason on the subject, and say, “If God has revealed himself by the prophets, it must be for our …

8542 Miller’s Works, vol. 2. Evidence from Scripture and History of the Second Coming of Christ about the Year, p. 298.4 (William Miller)

… their arguments, and after all deceive you. But examine them closely, and you will find they will deny, ridicule, or try to do away some prominent doctrine of …

8543 Miller’s Works, vol. 3. Exposition of the Twenty-Fourth Of Matthew; The True Inheritance Of The Saints; The Cleansing of the Sanctuary; The Ty, p. 7.2 (William Miller)

… only argument which you can bring against my reasons for believing that the fulfilment of our text is yet future, it shows a weakness and a Pharisaical vanity …

8544 Miller’s Works, vol. 3. Exposition of the Twenty-Fourth Of Matthew; The True Inheritance Of The Saints; The Cleansing of the Sanctuary; The Ty, p. 21.1 (William Miller)

… these arguments have deceived many. Yet we are expressly told by our dear Savior, “believe them not.” 25: “Behold, I have told you before.” Where had he told them before …

8545 Miller’s Works, vol. 3. Exposition of the Twenty-Fourth Of Matthew; The True Inheritance Of The Saints; The Cleansing of the Sanctuary; The Ty, p. 33.1 (William Miller)

… ; my argument on the generation of that age is certainly as good as yours. But some tell us he meant the Jews, as in Luke 17:25 : “But first must he suffer many things …

8546 Miller’s Works, vol. 3. Exposition of the Twenty-Fourth Of Matthew; The True Inheritance Of The Saints; The Cleansing of the Sanctuary; The Ty, p. 80.3 (William Miller)

… my arguments, will it make truth any the less true? No; by no means. Then, my brethren, let us have this single object in view, truth .

8547 Miller’s Works, vol. 3. Exposition of the Twenty-Fourth Of Matthew; The True Inheritance Of The Saints; The Cleansing of the Sanctuary; The Ty, p. 86.1 (William Miller)

… the argument of the time itself. They know in their consciences that time is revealed, and they are not able to confute it. Therefore, what cannot be put down …

8548 Miller’s Works, vol. 3. Exposition of the Twenty-Fourth Of Matthew; The True Inheritance Of The Saints; The Cleansing of the Sanctuary; The Ty, p. 94.1 (William Miller)

… ; my argument is, God has revealed the time; if in the shadow, then also in the substance; for a wise man can measure a tree by the shadow. “The wise shall understand …

8549 Remarks on Revelations Thirteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth, p. 44.2 (William Miller)

… their arguments, so much skepticism and German Neology, ridicule and scoffing, as the opposers of this cry use? Yet what has been the effect? The editors of our …

8550 Review of a Discourse, Delivered in the North Church, Newburyport, on the Last Evening of the Year 1841, by L. F. Dimmick, Pastor of the Church, p. 2.2 (William Miller)

Let the reader examine the following review of Mr. D.’s discourse, in the light of the Scriptures, and we think he will see the weakness of the arguments by which the modern Millennists endeavor to sustain their theory.

8552 Review of a Discourse, Delivered in the North Church, Newburyport, on the Last Evening of the Year 1841, by L. F. Dimmick, Pastor of the Church, p. 9.2 (William Miller)

… his argument about the sunrise, and any one may see how vain such an argument is, to overthrow plain Bible. He first assumes that the four thousand years was …

8553 Review of a Discourse, Delivered in the North Church, Newburyport, on the Last Evening of the Year 1841, by L. F. Dimmick, Pastor of the Church, p. 13.1 (William Miller)

… this argument, when God brought in a flood upon them, and destroyed the old world! Surely, God would have listened to so powerful an argument, and not have swept …

8554 Review of a Discourse, Delivered in the North Church, Newburyport, on the Last Evening of the Year 1841, by L. F. Dimmick, Pastor of the Church, p. 14.1 (William Miller)

… these arguments are the same as Voltaire, Tom Paine, and Ethan Allen, brought against the Bible, on this very topic. And little did I imagine, forty years ago, that …

8555 William Miller’s Apology and Defence, August 1, p. 5.1 (William Miller)

… deistical arguments on the inconsistences, the contradictions, and the mysticisms in which I had claimed it was shrouded. I replied that if the Bible was …

8556 William Miller’s Apology and Defence, August 1, p. 29.2 (William Miller)

… the arguments in its favor rest on a certain meaning attached to such words as perish, destroy, death, etc. But when we find that the old world being only overflowed …

8557 William Miller’s Apology and Defence, August 1, p. 35.1 (William Miller)

… no arguments that were sustained by the scriptures, that in my opinion, invalidated my position. I cannot therefore conscientiously refrain from looking …

8558 The Bible Echo Articles December 9, 1895, page 380 paragraph 1

With those who desire the truth, as soon as the truth is presented to them, the controversy is at an end. Those who desire an argument will dodge from one point to another, as did the Pharisees with Christ.

8559 The Bible Echo Articles February 24, 1896, page 60 paragraph 1

… right argument with Satan. “And Satan answered the Lord and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. But put forth thine hand now, and …

8560 The Bible Echo Articles February 24, 1896, page 60 paragraph 13

… . Little argument is needed to show any one who will read the Scripture and the signs of the times that the day of the Lord’s coming is near and hasteth greatly …