 | Ralph Erskine - 1795 - 582 pagina’s
...(a.) Be (2.) Be convinced of the neceffity of a powerful regeneration, ere you can fee God; " Except a man be born again, he cannot fee the kingdom of God," John iii. 3. ; and a God in Chrift is the chief thing, if not the only thing in that- kingdom. The... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1796 - 738 pagina’s
...man be born again, he cannot fee jhe kingdom of God. Niwdemus faith unto him, How can a man be bora •when he is old ! can he enter the fecond time into his mother's womb, and be >jorn ? Jefus anfwcred, Verily, verily, I fay unto thee, Except a man be born of water, and of the... | |
 | James Upton - 1797 - 48 pagina’s
...you refpe&ing the nature and neceffity of the work of the Holy Spirit upon your hearts ; for Except a man be born again, he cannot fee the kingdom of God. Johniii.3. Remember the fpeaker in this chapter is the great prophet of the church ; a teacher fent... | |
 | John Pearson - 1797 - 632 pagina’s
...fame door into the fcene of life John ill. 3. again ; yet we believe and are permaded, that except a man be born again, he cannot fee the kingdom of God. A double birth there is, and the (b) world confifts of two, the firft and the fecond Man. And though... | |
 | Ebenezer Erskine - 1798 - 614 pagina’s
...babies and fpeaks ftark nonfcnfc, when Chrift propofcs it to him. «., Can " Can a man (fays he) be born when he is old ? can he enter the fecond time into his mother's womb, and be born ?" John iii. 4. The cafe is juft the fame with a great deal of men in our day, who fet up for... | |
 | John Willison - 1798 - 632 pagina’s
...are ftrangers to a work of regeneration. That great truth is to be declared to all, that, " Unlefs a man be born again, he cannot fee the kingdom of God." O it is dangerous to fpeak peace, where God fpeaks war. VI. If the fick perfon feem to be ferure, or... | |
 | Hannah More - 1799 - 352 pagina’s
...there we fhall find him declaring THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY ,OF A CHANGE OF HEART AND LIFE; That " except a man be born again " he cannot fee the kingdom of God :" that it is not a mere acknowledging His authority, calling him ** Lord, Lord," that will avail any... | |
 | John Flavel - 1799 - 626 pagina’s
...life, is thereby to prepare and qualify the foul for the enjoyment of himfelf in heaven : " Except a man be born again '/ *' he cannot fee the kingdom of God," John iii. 3. All that ihall pofTefs that inheritance muft be begotten again to it, as the apoftle :... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1799 - 414 pagina’s
...and become as little children, -ye fhall not enter into the kingdom of heaven." John iii. 3. " Except a man be born again, he cannot fee the kingdom of God." If yebenot let into a view of this, to fee that fociety a moft finful and dangerous one, we will but... | |
 | J. Lawrence (of Bristol.) - 1800 - 236 pagina’s
...Jefus Chrift has anfwered this query already, and faid to us, Verily, verily, I lay unto thec, except a man be born again, he cannot fee the. kingdom of God.* So you fee 'tis not for opinion, nor for want of making pretences, that men are excluded from the kingdom... | |
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Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old ? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born ? Jesus answered, Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the... 
