The wind bloweth where it listeth and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit. Autobiography - Pągina 130per Isaac Charles Johnson - 1912 - 132 pąginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| David Simpson - 1774 - 258 pągines
...by a Similitude: " The Wind bloweth where it lifteth, and thou heareft the Sound thereof, but can'ft not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth; So is every one that is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus, not underftanding what he aimed . «d at* faid unto him, " How... | |
| Robert Hawker - 1801 - 276 pągines
...discoverable only by its effects. We hear the sound thereof, and we see its operation, but me cannot tell whence it cometh nor whither it goeth.: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. It is from the sacred impressions left upon the rnind, we infer the call of God. And when those impressions... | |
| 1806 - 650 pągines
...born of the spirit, is spirit. The wind bloweth where it listcth, and thou hearest the sound thereof! but canst not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the spirit." Eph. ii. 8. For by .grace ye are saved through faith; and that, not of... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - 1809 - 418 pągines
...controlling our moral freedom. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof; but canst not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth. So is every one, who is torn of the Spirit. This is a great work, as it is effected by divine power. A soul habituated... | |
| Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 490 pągines
...the thing signified. " The wind bloweth where it listeth, " and thou hearest the sound thereof; bat canst " not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it " goeth : so is every one that is born of the " Spirit." The effects in both cases are easily traced, but the mode of acting... | |
| William Mason - 1811 - 302 pągines
...pages. ON THB PROPHETICAL TENDENCY OF CHRIST'S DISCOURSE WITH NICODEMUS. SERMON XV. St. John iii. 8. THE WIND BLOWETH WHERE IT LISTETH, AND THOU HEARESTTHE SOUND THEREOF, BUT CANST NOT TELL WHENCE IT COMETH AND WHITHER IT GOETH ; SO la EVERY ONE THAT IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT. } 1 HIS is part of the... | |
| William Huntington - 1819 - 886 pągines
...command over these gales ; this wind bloweth where it listeth, and we feel the power thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh nor whither it goeth; so is every one that is born ,of the Spirit. This wind always blows at one point; there are no motions toward God,... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 pągines
...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 we are fearfully and wonderfully made... | |
| Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 664 pągines
...men put questions like his : The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. Here, also, is MANIFOLD WISDOM : adapting various means to effect one grand... | |
| Ralph Eddowes - 1817 - 236 pągines
...wind," says our Saviour to Nicodemus, "bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh nor whither it goeth— so is every one that is born of the spirit." The effects only, not the cause, are presented to our sight — this is... | |
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