...come in the flesh is of God : and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God : and this is that spirit of Antichrist whereof ye have heard that it should come.' " So far we have reason to be satisfied with the author's qualification for writing history. He desires...

...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 that it should come, and now already is it in the world." " The Christ" is a name properly alluding to the inauguration of 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 of Antichrist...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...

...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...

...are founded, is 1 John iv. 3 : " Every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God, and this is that spirit of 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...

...confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh," that it is the Spirit of Antichrist ; and he adds, " whereof ye have heard that it should come, and even now already is it in the world," that is to say, was in those Antichrists which were then the forerunners of the great...

...confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh," that it is the Spirit of Antichrist ; and he adds, " whereof ye have heard that it should come, and even now already is it in the world," that is to say, was in those Antichrists which were then the forerunners of the great...

...Every spirit that confesseth not that Jesu* Christ is come in the rlesh is not of God, and this IN that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come." From this passage A. r. P. argues, that the " expression ' come in the flesh,' intimates that he intiilit...

...antichrist.' John, Epis. ii. 7.—' And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, 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.' John iv. 2-3. Can any thing be plainer than that the mysterious union of God and...

...he shall reign for ever and ever . 232 NOTES , LECTURES, ^ Hectare I. ON ANTICHRIST. 1 JOHN iv. 3. This is that spirit of Antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come. THE Creator of the world is the author of Christianity ; and the history of nature bears a striking...