 | Jonathan Edwards - Church membership - 1790 - 252 pages
...thing is evident by I John ii. i9. "They ••' went out from us, becaufe they were not of us : If " they had been of us, they would no doubt have " continued with us." The words naturally fuggeft .and imply, that thofe profeiTmg Chriftians, who at lait proved falfe,... | |
 | Benjamin Jenks - Faith - 1793 - 496 pages
...apoftates. " They went out from us; (faith " the apoftle, i John ii. 19.) but they were not of " us: for if they had been of us, they would, no " doubt, have continued with us." And though we muft endure to the end, that we may be faved : yet the fuppofitions of their going to... | |
 | Thomas Shepard - Ten virgins (Parable). - 1797 - 860 pages
...and blefs the Lord! SECT. V; Ufe 3. riENCE we learn what verdift to pafs and give in concerning thofe men that decay and fall off from the Lord. They never had oil in their veflel, never had a dram of grace in their heart: Thus, i Joh,n ii. 19. " If they had been of... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1799 - 414 pages
...fincerity in the marriage covenant, 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." Being carelefs of communion with Chrift, fpeaks that the heart is not with him, but with other lovers... | |
 | Tracts - 1800 - 276 pages
...erroneous judgment of their characters. " They " went out from us becaufe they were not of us; if " they had been of us, they would no doubt have " continued with us*." They either did not underftand their principles; or they were perplexed with difficulties which perhaps... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1802 - 436 pages
...ftars only in appearance: 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 ; but they went out, that they might bs made manifeft that they were not of us." Think on this when... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - Presbyterian Church - 1802 - 636 pages
...may fay o them as the apollle John fays, " 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 thej " went out that they might be made manifeft that thej " were not all of us."f But this is... | |
 | 1866 - 992 pages
...post. St. John had said, long before, of snch, " 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." And Christ Himself had spoken of some, " who when they hear, receive the word with joy; but have no... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1802 - 422 pages
...never properly his fervants : 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 : But they went out, that they might be made maniftft, that they were not of us."— Confider, 2. That... | |
 | John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 454 pages
...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 us." 4. One of these texts, is Ezek. xviii. 24, " When the righteous man tumeth away from his righteousness,... | |
| |
Hence we learn what verdict to pass and give in, concerning those men that decay and fall off from the Lord. They never had oil in the vessel; never had a dram of grace in their heart. Thus 1 John ii. 19, " If they had been of us, they would no doubt... 
