 | George Burder - 1818 - 332 pages
...by : but our Lord chiefly insists upon being " born of the Spirit.'' In the 8th verse, he says " the wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometb, and whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit." We cannot doubt,... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1818 - 648 pages
...as powerful as the voice of thunder ? What is then to prevent that Almighty Agent, who says, " The " wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound " thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometb, and whither it " goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spiritj" from effecting... | |
 | 1818 - 246 pages
...which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell 'whence it eometh, and whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 9 Nicedemus answered... | |
 | Charles Robert Maturin - 1819 - 500 pages
...practical test along with it, or does it not ? Mark the provident generality of the language : " 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 God/' While the reality of this divine influence is asserted as explicitly... | |
 | 1819 - 788 pages
...Committee; but that their operations should be like those of the Almighty Agent whose aid we need : "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof; but canst not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth." 1 shall be glad, Sir, to hear from, or meet any person or... | |
 | 1843 - 628 pages
...appointed to go upwards ; reversing the order of natural descent, for as our Blessed Saviour says, " 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 divine Spirit... | |
 | 1828 - 818 pages
...answer to Nicodemus upon the subject is at once satisfactory and conclusive : " The wind," says he, " bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit." The Spirit of... | |
 | 1820 - 562 pages
...Committee; but that their operations should be like those of the Al-, mighty Agent whose aid we need: " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof; but canst not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth." I shall be glad, Sir, to hear from, or meet any person or... | |
 | Nicholas Baylies - 1820 - 228 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 whether it goeth : so is every one that is born of the spirit." „ I shall not... | |
 | 1821 - 392 pages
...Nicodemus respecting the mode of regeneration, that it is entirely unknown to those who experience it. " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth." This declaration was addressed to Nicodemus, in reply to his... | |
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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. 
