| John Brewster - 1802 - 330 pages
...of the spirit. " The ff wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou •" nearest the sound thereof, but canst 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 peaceable, gentle... | |
| 1806 - 650 pages
...Lord observes, John iii. 8. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but 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 flattering themselves,... | |
| David Low Dodge - 1808 - 156 pages
...and feel its influence ; " the wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but 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, how is it possible... | |
| William Gilpin - 1810 - 448 pages
...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... | |
| William Jay - 1812 - 284 pages
...operation of the wind; " The wiud bloweth where it " listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst " not tell whence it cometh, or whither it goeth, so is " every one that is born of the spirit." In his address to the woman of Samaria—by the refreshments of water... | |
| 1812 - 572 pages
...with Nicodemns, ' The wind bloweth where it listeth ; and thou nearest the sound thereof, but can't not tell whence it Cometh or whither it goeth, so is every one who is born of the Spirit ;' —from this single, but mysteriously prolific thought, sprung up a totally... | |
| 1843 - 752 pages
...to comprehend : — ' The wind blow, eth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, or whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit,' John iii. 8. But the reality and necessity of bis operation, not that... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1814 - 270 pages
...comparing them to the wind, " which bloweth where " it listeth ; and thqu nearest the sound thereof, but <( canst not tell whence it cometh, or whither it " goeth ; — so is every one that is born of the spirit." — Let liumble gratitude acknowledge the effect, unprompted by an idle... | |
| James Wilson - 1814 - 342 pages
...As saith the Lord, " The wind " bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound " thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, or " whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the " spirit." The operations hereby declared incomprehensible, are not subjects of... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 pages
...secret chambers of the human heart, and come to us only in their effects, in confidence and joy. " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou canst not tell whence it cometh nor whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." We may know that by regeneration... | |
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