1 Cor.
10:33: 'I _please_ all men;' _i.e._, endeavor to please.Gal.

5:4: 'Whosoever of you are _justified_ by the law;' _i.e._, seek and endeavor to be justified.Ps.

69:4: 'They that _destroy_ me are mighty;' _i.e._, that endeavor to destroy me.Eng., 'That _would_ destroy me.' Acts 7:26: 'And _set them at one_ again;' _i.e._, wished and endeavored.Eng., '_Would_ have set them.'" So in the passage before us: He causes all to receive a mark, and all who will not worship the image to be killed; that is, he wills, purposes, and endeavors, to do this; he makes such an enactment, passes such a law, but is not able to execute it; for God interposes in behalf of his people; and then those who have kept the word of Christ's patience are kept from falling in this hour of temptation, according to Rev.3:10; then those who have made God their refuge are kept from all evil, and no plague comes nigh their dwelling, according to Ps.

91: 9,10; then all who are found written in the book are delivered, according to Dan.

12:1; and, being victors over the beast and his image, they are redeemed from among men, and raise a song of triumph before the throne of God, according to Rev.14:4; 15:2.
The objector may further say: You are altogether too credulous in supposing that all the skeptics of our land, the spiritualists, the German infidels, and the irreligious masses generally, can be so far brought to favor the religious observance of Sunday that a general law can be promulgated in its behalf.
We answer: The prophecy must be fulfilled; and if the prophecy requires such a revolution, it will be accomplished.