| Jesus Christ - 1828 - 308 pagina’s
...the operations of God the Holy Spirit, are like the unknown and unexplored sources of the air. " 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." This was a lesson... | |
| Samuel Noble - 1828 - 536 pagina’s
...real, and will be conspicuous in its effects, is declared by the Lord Jesus Christ, when he says, " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh nor whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the spirit."* But if we know... | |
| Thomas Kibble Hervey - 1829 - 468 pagina’s
...with frutescent plants. / Note 33. Page 203. Line 6. And secret in thy birth as is the blast ! " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh.'1 St. John. Chap. 3. Verse 8. Note 34. Page 203. Lines 11 and 12. Mysterious workmen... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1829 - 590 pagina’s
...her that is with child : so thou knowest not the works of God, who maketh all." John iii. 8. " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit." VI. It follows... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1829 - 548 pagina’s
...the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?" " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth." Wre hear the sound, we perceive the effect, and from thence... | |
| William Holland Wilmer - 1829 - 258 pagina’s
...powerfully sensible in its effects, but far removed in its essence from our apprehension. "The wind blowcth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it coineth and whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of the • Spirit."* "I he same... | |
| 1830 - 658 pagina’s
...spiritual is it, that its causes and its nature will be imperceptible by human senses. 'The wind hloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof,...goeth. So is every one that is born of the spirit.' The Jewish Rabbi could not, at once, recover from his amazement ; and, as if thinking aloud, he exclaims,... | |
| William Paley - 1830 - 392 pagina’s
...effects, and by those alone. And this I conceive to be that which our Saviour said to Nicodemus. ' The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth, so is every one that is born of the Spirit : ' that is, thou... | |
| 1853 - 1142 pagina’s
...the Holy Ghost, is, and ever will be, beyond the direct and immediate notice of all creatures. " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit." He broods over... | |
| William Paley - 1831 - 692 pagina’s
...x. 16. " Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves." J Chap. Ш. 8. " The wind hloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit." Chap. x. 9. "... | |
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