 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1835 - 606 pages
...which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 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." John iii. 5 —... | |
 | Robert Philip - Christian life - 1836 - 268 pages
...the nature of his operations. Whether they are partly physical, or wholly moral, is unknown. " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the...: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." But we do know what is much better — that his sacred influences are inseparably connected with the conscientious... | |
 | George Pearson - 1836 - 192 pages
...Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be \ 2 Cor. v. 17. 2 Ephes. Hi. 16—19. born again. 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 Spirit3." Of the necessity... | |
 | 1848 - 508 pages
...quit the ragged school. ROSA. SACRED SONNETS. No. XVII. (For tin Church of England tlagaiint). "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh or vhither it goeth." — JORN iii. 8. MYSTERIOUS phantom! Jn thy wild career Rushing... | |
 | Stephen Davies - 1836 - 204 pages
...arise, and the manner in which motives influence the mind. This our Lord himself has decided. " 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." And if not his... | |
 | Ebenezer Erskine, Donald Fraser - Sermons, English - 1836 - 608 pages
...deep" that cannot be searched out : Hence is that [Saying] of Christ to Nicodemus, 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," &c. 6. The clouds are exhaled out of the earth by the heat... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - Confirmation - 1836 - 604 pages
...Spirit and its influences are described, are, first, the wind or air; as in St. 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 : secondly, oil... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - Reformed Church - 1836 - 458 pages
...Author; and to call your attention to this part of Jesus Christ's conversation with Nicodemus; " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not toll whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." How often... | |
 | Jacob Boehme - 1987 - 324 pages
...become nothing; this seemed a strange and wonderful thing to Nicodemus, but the Lord said to him, " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but thou knowest not from whence it cometh, or whither it goeth; even so is every one that is born of God."... | |
 | Gustav Meyrink - Fiction - 1986 - 244 pages
...will. Supposing life really were nothing but that mysterious whirlwind of which the Bible states, it "bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth"! Isn't there a dream in which we fumble in deep pools after... | |
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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. 
