J.M. Thompson's Neo Hardshellism

Elder J. M. THOMPSON, Hardshell leader and apologist, said the following in the Thompson Lawson Debate (see here).

"We believe that many who are regenerated are not believers in Christ."

This was said by Thompson in 1899.  How far removed from the truth of Scripture!  How far removed from what our old Baptist forefathers believed!  The view of Thompson was not even the view of the first generation of Hardshell leaders!