 | John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 454 pages
...only in the visible church, and not real christians, appears from I John ii. 19, " They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been...of us, they would no doubt have continued with us." jL. 3. There are several passages of scripture which have been thought to imply a possibility of the... | |
 | John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 448 pages
...only in the visible church, and not real christians, appears from 1 John ii. 19, " They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with vis." 3. There are several passages of scripture which •have been thought to imply a possibility... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been...with us ; but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all... | |
 | William Jay - Free churches - 1805 - 486 pages
...genuine gold ? Were all the difciples falfe, becaufe one of them was a devil ? " They went " out from us, but they were not of us : for if they " had been...have continued ' " with us : but they went out that it might be made " manifeft they were not all of us." But, alas ! the falling ftar ftrikes every eye,... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - Prayer - 1805 - 332 pages
...' They went out from us, but they were not of us : for if they had been of us, no doubt they would have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifeft that they were not all of us.' XXXVII. Queft. What henefits do helievers ncek}e from Chrift... | |
 | Asa McFarland - Calvinism - 1806 - 288 pages
..." Ye have heard that antichrist shall come. Even now are there many antichrists. They went out from us : but they were not of us ; for if they had been...with us ; but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not of us.* It is the opinion of Pool,f .that this does not mean a change of... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1806 - 508 pages
...So John 8. 47. and 10. 16.— I John 2. 19. They went out from us, but they were not of »s ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us but they wnt tut, that they might be made manifeft, that they were not all of us. VII. r Mat. II. 25. At that... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1807 - 612 pages
...theapostle John. They went out from tit, hut they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they -would have continued with us. But they went out, that they might be made manifctt, that they were not of ut. The fatal errors and vices, which appeared in the Asiatic churches,... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - Baptists - 1808 - 428 pages
...were offended. Thus their proper character was discovered. Of such it may be said, They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been...with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. On the contrary, such as persevere to the end answer the character... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 712 pages
...teachers and doctrines they had once owned, has observed to this purpose — " They went out from " us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been...with us ; " but they went out that they might be made manifest, " that they were not all of us k." In a word, there were too many pretenders, ; some things... | |
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They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 
