...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. Q. 37. What benefits do believers receive from Christ at their death ? A. The souls of believers are...

...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." (1 Efiist. John ii. 19.) In days when your faith and constancy are tried, be excited to watch and keep...

...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*." In a word, there were too many pretenders; some things amiss where the heart and views were right in...

...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." Altogether, it affords, what we might presume to call, an incontestible proof of the certain perseverance...

...not (t| ^m~) of us. For, if they had been of us, they would have abode with us; but THEY WENT AW AT, that they might be made manifest, that they were not all of us. 20 (Km, 205.) But ye have an unction1 from the Holy spimr,3 (chap. iii. 24.) and know all things. 19...

...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," 1 John ii. 19. Howbeit, though many were taken with his wild and extravagant notions, yet not all ;...

...church— for if they had been of ns, they would, 110 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.) '. • And, again, he forbids the church u!t countenance any teachers who should...

...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."* These declarations do indeed suppose that persons may set out and run well to appearance, for a time...

...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 P. ccv. Note. ' Election, &c.*! By coiling, in this exhortation/ Calvinists understand, regeneration...

...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." The whole force uf the apostle's argument, to prove that these apostate professors were never real...