| Francis Edward Jackson Valpy - 1839 - 304 pages
...you of heavenly things ?"* " 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."t " What man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him... | |
| 1839 - 498 pages
...Lord affirmed to Nicodemus, " 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." " Thou hearest the sound thereof." There are sensible effects, though... | |
| Richard De Charms - 1840 - 722 pages
...growth in grace. For he says, " 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." By wind in this passage is evidently meant truth, because, in the original,... | |
| Thomas Finch (of Harlow.) - 1841 - 212 pages
...Ixxii. 6. Isa. xliv. 3, 4. Jer. xxxi. 31. Ezek. xi. 19. Joel ii. 28. Zecli. xii. 6. the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, or whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." We conclude, therefore, that our Lord's discourse to Nicodemus, gives... | |
| Philip Harwood - 1841 - 128 pages
...by its greatest ideas. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and 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. The spirit of God in man works by law; but we cannot always, in our theories,... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 556 pages
...But our Saviour has told us, " 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." It remains to show, III. That Christ is ready to receive and comfort all... | |
| John James - 1842 - 562 pages
...striking word of instruction ! " 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 which is born of the Spirit.'' When, therefore, the coldhearted and the proud will not, or do not,... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 552 pages
...But our Saviour has told us, " The wind blowelh 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... | |
| 1843 - 612 pages
...mode of his operation. " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, hut canst not tell whence it cometh, or whither it goeth...every one that is born of the Spirit," John iii. 8. If it be a sufficient ground of objection to a doctrine that caunot distinctly trace it in all its... | |
| John Steel - 1843 - 160 pages
...power, to time, or place, or circumstance : " Like the wind, we hear the sound thereof, hut cannot tell whence it cometh, or whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit." During the last twelve months, dear had experienced great consolation... | |
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