| Samuel F. Hussey - 1821 - 256 pages
...but it will be aAer the manner in which our Saviour described it to Nicoderous ; John iii. 8. " The wind 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 ot' the Spirit." I am apprehensive... | |
| John Logan - 1821 - 250 pages
...not," said our Lord to Nicodemus, " that I said unto you, Thou must be born again, The wind blowcth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and \vhither it goeth. So is every one that is born of the .Spirit." That is, as... | |
| E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...whether they be of God ; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. John iii. 8. The wiud 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. Luke vi. 35. But... | |
| 1822 - 412 pages
...assures us, that we can only discover the operations of grace by its effects. " The wind," sa/s he, "bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth ; 10 is every one that it born of the Spirit." But, my dear... | |
| William Gilpin - 1822 - 478 pages
...moment when it enters the heart. But our blessed Saviour seems to determine otherwise. The wind blmoeth 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: that is, (as I... | |
| 1822 - 486 pages
...knowest not these things.' How beautifully does the Saviour proceed in his comments. 'The wind hloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cotneth, or whither it gocth ; so is every one that is born of the spirit.' That is, the... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - 1823 - 508 pages
...to the circumstances of regeneration, than to the nature of it. But our Saviour has told us, " 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." It remains to show, III. That Christ is ready to receive... | |
| Daniel Waterland - 1823 - 574 pages
...Spirit. They are mysterious, it is true, and the manner perhaps of operating unintelligible : for " 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 "." But notwithstanding... | |
| Grace Kennedy - 1823 - 296 pages
...that ask him.' Then, as to the manner of the operation of the Spirit of God, Christ says 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.' The effects of... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1830
...petitions, though you knew it not. What did our Lord say to Nicodemus ? " The wind bloweth where it listetb, 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." But we must also be careful Tuna we ask. Why do you... | |
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