| 1806 - 504 sider
...mean to speak of something invisible, and known only by its effects. " The wind bloweth," says he, " where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit." The similitude... | |
| John Brewster - 1802 - 330 sider
...mistakes the feelings of the man, for the ordinary, but imperceptible influences of the spirit. " The ff wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou •" nearest...it cometh, or whither it " goeth : so is every one who is born of the " spirit.—The wisdom which is from above " is first pure, then peaceable, gentle... | |
| 1842
...regard as the work of the Holy Ghost, alike beyond human power to produce it and to control it. "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the...canst not tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth ; " and such is the work of the Spirit, alike in an individual conversion or in a revival of religion.... | |
| John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 sider
...not, however, at this; since there are many things above thy comprehension in the natural world. " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell, whence it comeih and whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit:" they prove the... | |
| 1806 - 650 sider
...experience the Christian has of its exercise and efficacy. In this view, our Lord observes, John iii. 8. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the...whence it cometh, or whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the spirit. There are, indeed, who greatly abuse this passage, thence flattering themselves,... | |
| David Low Dodge - 1808 - 156 sider
....operation of the Spirit ? Evander. It is like the wind ; we see its effect and feel its influence ; " the wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the...whence it cometh or whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit." Lorenzo. If the Spirit moves in a sovereign manner, how is it possible... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 564 sider
...judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding ?" John iii. 8. '' The wind bloweth where it listeth ; and thou nearest the sound thereof ; but canst not tell whence it cometli, and whither it goeth." We hear the sound, we perceive the effect, and from thence... | |
| William Paley - 1808 - 402 sider
...effects, and by those alone. And this I conceive to be that, which our Saviour said to Nicodemus. " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither k goeth, so 4s every one that is born of the Spirit:" that is, thou perceivest... | |
| James Macknight - 1809 - 544 sider
...in nature which you must acknowledge, though you cannot explain their causes. For instance, 8. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell -whence it cometh, (x-ttti ipprm from what repository it cometh) and whither it goeth; («x • •.*><;.... | |
| William Gilpin - 1810 - 448 sider
...applicable : — •• The wind bloweth where it lifteth, and thou heareft the found thereof ; but can/I not tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth. So is every one -who is born of the Spirit, \ END OF THE HINTS FOR SERMONS. CC 4 ANAL YS IS OF ST. PAUL'S EPISTLE TO... | |
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