 | David Simpson - 1774 - 258 ページ
...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 ページ
...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... | |
 | 1806 - 650 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 Huntington - 1819 - 886 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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... | |
 | Jacob Catlin - 1818 - 334 ページ
...realized only by its effects. " 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." As Adam could realize nothing of his own creation, till he found himself... | |
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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. 
