| William Whiston - 1716 - 90 strani
...immechanical and uncertain ; and it is (till very obfervable that, iToe Wind bloweth where it lifteth, and we hear the Sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh, nor wbitber it goeth, (Johniii. 8j it may be juftly queftion'd, whether they are not in part under the... | |
| Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 strani
...Water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. e The Wind bloweth where it lifteth, and we hear the Sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth ; fo is every one that is born of the Spirit. 1 By one Spirit we arc all bapti2ed... | |
| George Whitefield - 1739 - 358 strani
...fhould flop the Mouths of our Letterlearned Pharifees, The Wind bloweth where it liftetbi and we bear the Sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh nor whither it goeth. Now till the Spirit of God is felt on our Souls as the Wind on our Bodies, indeed, my deaf Brethren,... | |
| Robert Hawker - 1801 - 276 strani
...listeth, is discoverable only by its effects. We hear the sound thereof, and we see its operation, but me cannot tell whence it cometh nor whither it goeth.: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. It is from the sacred impressions left upon the rnind, we infer the call... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - 1809 - 432 strani
...rather by its holy fruits, than by sense and consciousness. Our Saviour says, It is asfhe wind] which bloweth where it listeth, and we hear' the sound thereof,...cannot tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth. This influence, like the gospel itself, is soft,, mild, and gentle. It is not a tempest, an earthquake,... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - 1809 - 418 strani
...holy fruits, than by sense and consciousness. Our Saviour says, It is as the windi rvhich bloiveth where it listeth, and we hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh, nor rvhither it goeth. This influence, like the gospel itself, is soft, mild, and gentle. It is not a tempest,... | |
| Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 556 strani
...The conception of Christ, both in the virgin's womb and in the human heart, is a mysterious subject; for as " the wind bloweth where it listeth, and "...sound thereof, but cannot tell " whence it cometh and whither it goeth; so is " every one that is born of the Spirit." We perceive the effects, but know... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 608 strani
...in which the Spirit of God works on the human mind in effecting this change, is beyond our sphere. " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and we hear the...sound thereof, but cannot tell, whence it cometh, nor whether it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit." But whatever be the manner of his operation,... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 600 strani
...in which the Spirit of God works on the human mind in effecting this change, is beyond our sphere. " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and we hear the...sound thereof, but cannot tell, whence it cometh, nor whether it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit." But whatever be the manner of his operation,... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 660 strani
...in which the Spirit of God works on the human mind in effecting this change, is beyond our sphere. " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and we hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell, whence it comerh, nor whether it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit." But whatever be the manner... | |
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