 | Liberalism (Religion) - 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... | |
 | William Gilpin - Church of England - 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... | |
 | 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...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 and comfort all... | |
 | Daniel Waterland - Apologetics - 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... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - Congregational churches - 1823 - 494 pages
...But our Saviour has told us, " 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." It remains to show, III. That Christ is ready to receive and comfort all... | |
 | James Murdock - Atonement - 1823 - 316 pages
...power to comprehend. "The wind bloweth where it listeth; — we hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth. So is every one that is born of the Spirit." This truth we must believe, that the hearts of sinners are changed by... | |
 | 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...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 long for this sanctification... | |
 | sir John Bayley (1st bart) - 1824 - 774 pages
...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 " cometh, and whither it goeth : so is *' every one that is born of the Spirit." Aßer vohich... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1824 - 594 pages
...their own exercises only. " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearrst the. sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, or whither it goeth ; so is every one, that is burn of the Spirit." Men are as active, at the moment of regeneration, as at any other time,... | |
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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. 
