...folve the common operations in refpedt of generation and growth? They cannot only not underftand " how the bones do grow in the womb of her " that is with child," but they muft ever remain unable to comprehend, how any communication of outward bodies, either .animal...

...the. clouds fhall not reap,"/,' , , , rr 5 As thou' ' knoweft *not what ;Y the way of the' fpfrit, nor how the b'o'neS do grow in the womb of her that is with child ; even To thou knoweft not the wqrks of God, who maketh all'. 6 In the, morning fow thy feed, andin the evening...

...we are ftrangers to, the manner of his agency ; or, in the language of Solomon, " As we know not " the way of the Spirit, nor how the bones do grow " in the womb of her that is with child ; even fo we " know not the works of God who maketh all." 2. The manner of this operation, is likewife various...

...the moft i. occult proceedings in nature, might well fay, As thou knowejl not the way of the [pint, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; fo than knowejl not the works cf God, who maketh all. Again, 7. God, in his progrefs toward the atchicvcment...

...time. All fpecnlation about the caitfe of thefe unnatural appearances, feems premature, till " we know how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child," but we only know, that it и Vhe «« work of God, who maketh all." — If the above ftiould be thooght...

...time. All fpeculation about the caufe of thefe unnatural appearances, fecms premature, till "we know how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child," but we only know, that it is the work of God, who makcth all."—If the above fhould be thought worthy...

...quickened our fouls, ' and produced this new creature in them, we undcrftand little 7 more of it than how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child, Ecclef. xi. <;. Therefore is the life of the hew creature called a hidden life, Col. iii. 3. The nature...

...speculations reach: but finding in myself nothing to be truer than what the wise Solomon telli me, J As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the benet do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou kiiowest not the works of God, who...

...but say it is that change itself. We can find a similitude very often when we cannot find a word : " Thou knowest not what is the way of the Spirit, nor how the bones do grow." Or, if we can trace the means by which these " day by day were fashioned, when as yet there were none...

...of your conversion, or how to trace the particular steps by which it has been brought to pass ; for As thou knowest not what is the way of the Spirit,...thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all*. But though you cannot trace the process of the operation, the effects of it are such as you may feel...