 | 1806 - 504 pages
...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 pages
...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...not " tell whence 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... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 pages
...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 - 648 pages
...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...canst not tell 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... | |
 | David Low Dodge - 1808 - 156 pages
....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...canst not tell 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,... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 564 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 • •.*><;.... | |
 | Church of England - 1810 - 466 pages
...which is born of the Spirit, is Spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth 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. If After -which... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1811 - 472 pages
...first, Natural generation is a mysterious thing ; and so is spiritual generation, John iii. 8. " The wind bloweth 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 woik of the... | |
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The wind bloweth 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. 
