| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 616 pages
...apostle say, concerning apostates, ft they were not of us : 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 :" if it be, as Dr. Taylor supposes, that professing Christians are indeed of the society... | |
| Seth Williston - God - 1817 - 276 pages
...apostates had now shown themselves .out : For he adds, " 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." i John ii. 1 9, The question is asked concerning the hypocrite, Job xxvii. 10, Will he... | |
| Thomas Scott - Calvinism - 1817 - 530 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 " manifest, that they were not all of us."f P. ccv. Note. ' Election, &c.'J' By calling, in this exhortation,$ Calvinists understand... | |
| Thornhill Kidd - 1817 - 804 pages
..." 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." May you and I so conduct ourselves as to evince the sincerity of our profession, and the... | |
| Seth Williston - God - 1817 - 274 pages
...apostates had now shown themselves out : For he adds, " 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." I John ii. 1 9. The question is asked concerning the hypocrite, Job xxvii. 10, Will he... | |
| Joseph Priestley - Theology - 1786 - 526 pages
...but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would, no doubt, have continued with os; but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of u»." That these persons were Gnostics, is evident from the context. For in the verse preceding... | |
| Seth Williston - God - 1817 - 284 pages
...apostates had now shown themselves out : For he adds, " If they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out| that they might be ffiude manifest, that they were not all of us." I John ii. 19. The question is asked concerning the... | |
| Jacob Catlin - Bible - 1818 - 334 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 manifest, that they were not all of us." 2. Actual perseverance, being a solemn test of our character, and exhibiting so clearly,... | |
| William Barlass, Peter Wilson - Sermons, English - 1818 - 688 pages
...they were not of us : for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : bat they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us." 6. When hypocrites have abused their privileges, and Christ gives up with them, Satan takes... | |
| William Carus Wilson - Theology - 1840 - 644 pages
...They went out from us, because 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. Let us bear in mind that the Church of England is not a creature of the Reformation, but... | |
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