 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pages
...bícaufe ye are not of God. 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 Tent out, that they might be made maaifefl, that they were not all of us. VII. r Mat. xi. 2j. At that... | |
 | Doctrines - 1765 - 60 pages
...now fay of them, they went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they bad been «f us, thej would no Doubt have, continued with us,\ but they went out, that it might be mademanifeß, that they were not all of us.* т- Thefe Men pretend to greater Purity than... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Prebyterianism - 1768 - 576 pages
...becaufc ye arenotofGod. i John ii. 19. They went out from us, but they were not of us : for if they bad been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us ; but they went out, that they might be made manifeft, that they were not all of us. VII. г Mat. xi. 35. At that time Jefus anfwered and faid,... | |
 | Samuel Shaw - 1769 - 590 pages
...the church. To this the apoftle replies, " They went out from us, but they *' were not of us; for if they had been of us, " they would no doubt have continued...us : but they went out, that they might be " made manifeft, that they were not all of us." Thefe men were never true. church members. They have indeed... | |
 | John Flavel - Presbyterian Church - 1770 - 528 pages
...thefe the apoftle fpeaks, t John ii. 19. " They went out from us, but they were not of '< us ; for it they had been of us, they would, no doubt, have '' continued with us; but they went out, that it might be " made maaifeft they were not all of us." Sincere Chriftianity holds faft the ioul by a... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech, Church of Scotland - Church of Scotland - 1773 - 570 pages
...ftablimyou,and keep you from evil, i Johnii. 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 and grieve his Holy * Spirit i; come to be deprived «f fome meafurc of their graces and comforts /... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - Christianity - 1786 - 458 pages
...accord, as may be colleAed 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-, but they went out, that they might be made manife/i that they were not all of us. That thefe perfons were Gnoftics, is evident from the context.... | |
 | Thomas Boston - Salvation - 1787 - 470 pages
...ftock, by the quickening Spirit, ijohnii. 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." A Fifth benefit is growth in grace. " Having nourifiiment miniftred, (< they increafe with the rncreafe... | |
 | 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
...They went out from us ; ( faith " the apoftle, i John ii. 1 9.) 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... | |
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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. 
