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. The Baptist Magazine - Page 131820Full view - About this book
| Henry Parish - 1835 - 66 pages
...which is born of the flesh is flesh ; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." And a* " 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, 3 chap.... | |
| 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 —... | |
| Henry Gauntlett - 1835 - 908 pages
...towards the close of life. In these various mode* the God of mercy acts as a gracious sovereign. " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence itcometh. and whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit." Our blessed Lord... | |
| 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... | |
| 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 sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, or whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit." But we do know... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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."... | |
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