 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.  The Delinquent - Page 11911Full view - About this book
 | David Simpson - 1774 - 258 pages
...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,... | |
 | 1806 - 650 pages
...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - 542 pages
...hold and active than his companion, but not so wise, and studious. Thou hearest the sound of the wind, but thou canst not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth. Neither has he, nor have any other persons, suspected so much dissimulation. The court of France, or... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1809 - 418 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 468 pages
...thou hearest the sound thereof:" thou art absolutely assured, beyond all doubt, that it doth blow: " but thou canst not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth." The precise manner how it begins and ends, rises and falls, no man can tell. '* So is every one that... | |
 | Edward Dorr Griffin - 1813 - 416 pages
...hloweth wher^ it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth ; so is every man that is born of the Spirit."* This doctrine is confirmed by the Word of God, in representations as strong as any language can furnish.... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 pages
...and 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 190 pages
...bold and active than his companion, but not so wise and studious. Thou hearest the sound of the wind, but thou canst not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth. Neither has he, nor have any other persons, SUE* pected so much dissimulation. There is no talent more... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 664 pages
...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... | |
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