 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1804 - 714 pages
...fee the kingdom of God.** Can a man be l>crn a^ain before he is born once ? No. Chrifl fays, " Except a man be born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." To be born of •a.-attr >» a natural birth, to be born of the Kpirit is a fpiritual... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1804 - 692 pages
...kingdom of God." Can a man be lorn a~jiir before be i« born once ? No. Cbrift fays, *' Except a mau be born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." To be born of tvjtrr is a natural birth, to be born of the Spirit is a fpiritual birth.... | |
 | Daniel Merrill - Baptism - 1805 - 354 pages
...almoft ready to be fet up, of which Chrift fpake to Nicodemus, when he faid, John iii. 5. ' Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdofln of God.' But this is to concede, either that John's baptifm was not Chriftian baptifm, but... | |
 | John Reed - Baptism - 1806 - 374 pages
...Gentiles. To this the Saviour undoubtedly alluded, when he faid to Nicodemus, " Except a man (any one) . " be born of Water and the Spirit, he cannot " enter into the Kingdom of God." The Jewift Ruler, inftead of coming fecretly by night, mufl come by day, and be baptized.... | |
 | William Jones - Anglican Communion - 1810 - 516 pages
...grand Enemy of our salvation, and consequently unprepared for the dreadful conflict against him. Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. Thus saith the Gospel ; but what saith Natural Religion ? It saith no mysteries... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - Baptism - 1811 - 176 pages
...to hinder infants from being baptized and born again in Christ ?' And citing those words, Except one be born of water and the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God, he says, ' Who can be so impious as to refuse to an infant, of whatever age, the common... | |
 | Wills - 1813 - 266 pages
...a man be born again, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God," thus explains his doctrine, " Except a man be born of water and the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God :" (Vers. 3, 5.) Baptism and the Holy Ghost then are requisite to constitute a Christian,... | |
 | James Fishback - Apologetics - 1813 - 326 pages
...second time into his mother's womb, and bo born? Jesus answered, verily, verily, I say untothee, except a man be born of WATER, and the SPIRIT, he cannot ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD, That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born oj the Spirit, is... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1844 - 496 pages
...condescension to my inaptitude to leant the great truth, makes his meaning less enigmatical, " Except a man be born of water and the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven." Approaching nearer to my idea by the similitude employed, I gather somewhat of... | |
 | English literature - 1815 - 698 pages
...be absolutely necessary to salvation. Where then did he make this assertion ? Where he, said, except a man be born of water and the spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. Either therefore our Saviour, when he declared both water and the spirit to be necessary... | |
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Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 
