...denying the Father and the Son." And again, " Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is 18? come in the flesh, is of God ;' and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christie come in the flesh, is not of God : And this is that spirit of Antichrist whereof ye have heard...

...the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father." The third place is 1 John iv. 3. " And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ...heard, that it should come ; and even now already is it in the World." The last place is 2 John 7. " For many deceivers are entered into the world, who...

...Father." The third place is 1 John iv. 3. " And every spirit that confessed] not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God; and this is that spirit...heard, that it should come; and even now already is it in the World." The last place is 2 John 7. " For many deceivers are entered into the world, who...

...God. Thi* sign the apostle gives us in the 2d and 3d verses : " Hereby know ye the Spirit of God ; and every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is...every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God." This implies a confessing not only that there was such a person who...

...try the spirits, whether they are of God. Because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the spirit of God. Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh" (or, as it might be rendered, that Jesus is Christ, come in the Jlesh) " is of God. And...

...spirit, therefore, is a prophet, one who pretends to inspiration. " Every spirit, (ie every prophet,) that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God :" and " Every spirit, (ie every one professing to be a prophet,) who confesseth not this truth, is not of God." So that the...

...gone out into the world." And further directeth us, how we should try them : " Hereby ehall ye know the Spirit of God : every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God." Again, hereby you may try them i " Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not...

...in thé flesh, is of God : 3 And every spirit that confesaeth not that Jésus Christ b corne in thé flesh, is not of God : and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye hâve heard that it should corne ; and even now already is it in thé world. 4 Ye are of God, little...

...substantiate them. Alas! for them, the whole proof upon which these charges are founded, is 1 John iv. 3 : " Every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ...antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come." From this passage Mr. P. argues, that the " expression 4 come in the flesh,' intimates that he might...

...Opera, vol. ip 125. t Lardner's Hist. of Heretics, p. 17. not that Jesus Christ is come in the Jlesh is not of God, and this is that spirit of Antichrist,...heard that it should come, and even now already is it in the .world. For this was the first corruption of the Christian religion by the maxims of heathen...