 | John Brewster - 1802 - 330 pages
...influences 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... | |
 | Presbyterian Church - 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 - Christianity - 1808 - 156 pages
...effect 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... | |
 | Missions - 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... | |
 | Missions - 1843 - 752 pages
...attempt 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...every one that is born of the Spirit,' John iii. 8. But the reality and necessity of bis operation, not that passage alone, but the whole Bible, testifies... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 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 - Calvinism - 1814 - 342 pages
...mystery. 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... | |
 | Samuel Horsley - Messiah - 1815 - 376 pages
...explain : " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and " thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst 341 " not tell whence it cometh or whither it " goeth. So is every one that is born of " the Spirit." Those who, unmindful of this declaration of our Lord, stand for a perception... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - Presbyterian Church - 1815 - 416 pages
...and unsearchable by us. " 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." Who can conceive or describe that gracious influence, by which the understanding,... | |
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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. 
