 | Thomas Belsham - Christianity - 1805 - 320 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... | |
 | William Jay - Free churches - 1805 - 486 pages
...falfe, becaufe one of them was a devil ? " 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 it might be made " manifeft they were not all of us." But, alas ! the falling... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1806 - 508 pages
...So John 8. 47- and 10. 26.— I John 2. 19. They went out from us, but they were not of trs; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us; but tbey went ant, that they might be made manifeft, that they were not all of us. VII. r Mat. 11.... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1807 - 612 pages
...attending the tipostle's words ; 1 John ii. 19. They meat out from us, but they •were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us j but they went out, that they miff/it be made manifest that they were not all of us. But while there... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - Baptists - 1808 - 426 pages
...character was discovered. Of such it may be said, They went out from us, but they were not of W ; 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. On the contrary,... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - Baptists - 1808 - 428 pages
...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 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. On the contrary,... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 712 pages
...once owned, has observed to this purpose—" 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 k ." In a word,... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1808 - 440 pages
...possessed real grace: for St. John thus argues, " They went out from us but they were not of us: tor 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," 1 John ii. 19.... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...profession was but formal and counterfeit. 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 «.;.but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they utr: not all of us. But, as for... | |
 | John Mackenzie (of Huntingdon.) - Reformation - 1809 - 424 pages
...founded. ' They went out from us,' as we have just heard from St. John, ' but they were not of us: for if they had been of us, they would, no doubt, have continued .with us.' I do not deny but that they may have the same marks of their calling as those of the elect; but I cannot... | |
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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... 
