...never partakers of the first principles of true religion, according to this saying of an apostle, If they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with vs, 1 John ii. 19. In this manner we reply to the difficulties, which some passages of Scripture seem...

...last times occur to try characters, and many who believed for a time, fall away. " They went out from us, but " they were not of us; for if they had been...be made manifest " that they were not all of us."* But though the faith of the insincere may be overthrown, " Nevertheless the foundation of God " standeth...

...even now are there many antiehrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 19 They wentout from us; but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have eontinued with us; but they U'ent out, that they might be made manifest, that they were not all of...

...contrary character all the while. Hence of apostates, the apostle thus speaks : They went out from us, but they were not of us, for if they had been...might be made manifest, that they were not all of us, but ye have an unction from the holy one, &c. 1 John ii. 19, 20. Thus it appears, that a\ visible,...

...Jesus is the Christ ? He is antichrist who denieth the Father and the Son."-|- " They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been...be made manifest, that they were not all of us."* You now behold the latter times of the last time, of the Roman government, or the fourth monarchy spoken...

...that Jesus is the Christ ? He is antichrist who denieth the Father and the Son."f " They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been...be made manifest, that they were not all of us."* You now behold the latter times of the last time, of the Roman government, or the fourth monarchy spoken...

...Jesus Christ." Discip. p. 86. 3. To this, however, you oppose a text of scripture. They went out from us, but they were not of us : for if they had been...might be made manifest, that they were not all of vs. On this text you observe, " The whole force of the Apostle's argument, to prove that these apostate...

...of God.— They went out from tu, bat they were not of us ; for if they had been of ив, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they...might be made manifest that they were not all of us — Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to prêtent you faultless before the presence...

...from us," says St. John, " 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," 1 John ii. 19Observe the history of the Old and New Testament. And I presume, you will scarce find...

...this doctrine, and that is in 1 John ii. 19. They went out from us, hit 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 bt made manifest that they were not all of us ; for the un• See mitty* Discourse, He. Pufe 6r, 68»...