 | Free will and determinism - 1821 - 392 pages
...respecting the mode of regeneration, that it is entirely unknown to those who experience it. " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth." This declaration was addressed to Nicodemus, in reply to his... | |
 | Samuel F. Hussey - Society of Friends - 1821 - 256 pages
...but it will be aAer the manner in which our Saviour described it to Nicoderous ; John iii. 8. " 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 ot' the Spirit." I am apprehensive... | |
 | John Logan - 1821 - 250 pages
...not," said our Lord to Nicodemus, " that I said unto you, Thou must be born again, The wind blowcth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and \vhither it goeth. So is every one that is born of the .Spirit." That is, as... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1821 - 786 pages
...to have ¡i different meaning from that which is usually affixed to it. " The wind bloweth ч IHTC it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it conieth and whither it goeth ; so ¡я every one that is born of the Spirit." -VU the interpretations... | |
 | 1822 - 412 pages
...assures us, that we can only discover the operations of grace by its effects. " The wind," sa/s he, "bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth ; 10 is every one that it born of the Spirit." But, my dear... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...whether they be of God ; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. John iii. 8. The wiud 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. Luke vi. 35. But... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1822 - 486 pages
...knowest not these things.' How beautifully does the Saviour proceed in his comments. 'The wind hloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cotneth, or whither it gocth ; so is every one that is born of the spirit.' That is, the... | |
 | William Gilpin - Church of England - 1822 - 478 pages
...moment when it enters the heart. But our blessed Saviour seems to determine otherwise. The wind blmoeth 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: that is, (as I... | |
 | Daniel Waterland - 1823 - 574 pages
...Communion Office. 1 Vi.-linl-ii Defenit. Ecclesix Anglican*, |>. I'M, ™ Answer to the Remarks, p. "fi, have had more said of the divine graces going along...unintelligible : for " the wind " bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound " thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither " it goeth : so... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1823 - 508 pages
...to the circumstances of regeneration, than to the nature of it. 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,... | |
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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. 
