| William Whiston - 1716 - 90 pages
...immechanical and uncertain ; and it is (till very obfervable that, iToe Wind bloweth where it lifteth, and we hear the Sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh, nor wbitber it goeth, (Johniii. 8j it may be juftly queftion'd, whether they are not in part under... | |
| Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 pages
...Water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. e The Wind bloweth where it lifteth, and we hear the Sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth ; fo is every one that is born of the Spirit. 1 By one Spirit we arc all bapti2ed... | |
| John Brewster - 1802 - 330 pages
...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... | |
| Christianity - 1803 - 430 pages
...how a man could be born again, he evades the enquiry, by saying, the wind bloweth where it listeth, we hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh, or whether it goeth» so is every one that is born of the spirit." — That is in plain terms, I do not... | |
| Presbyterian Church - 1806 - 650 pages
...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 - Christianity - 1808 - 156 pages
...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... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1809 - 432 pages
...rather by its holy fruits, than by sense and consciousness. Our Saviour says, It is asfhe wind] which bloweth where it listeth, and we hear' the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth. This influence, like the gospel itself, is soft,, mild, and gentle. It is not... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1809 - 418 pages
...holy fruits, than by sense and consciousness. Our Saviour says, It is as the windi rvhich bloiveth where it listeth, and we hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh, nor rvhither it goeth. This influence, like the gospel itself, is soft, mild, and gentle. It is not... | |
| William Gilpin - 1810 - 448 pages
...: — •• 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... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1810 - 608 pages
...in which the Spirit of God works on the human mind in effecting this change, is beyond our sphere. " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and we hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell, whence it cometh, nor whether it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit." But whatever be the manner of his... | |
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