| George Whitefield - 1739 - 358 ˹éÒ
...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,... | |
| David Simpson - 1774 - 258 ˹éÒ
...Similitude: " The Wind bloweth where it lifteth, and thou heareft the Sound thereof, but can'ft not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth; So is every one that is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus, not underftanding what he aimed . «d at* faid unto him, " How... | |
| Robert Hawker - 1801 - 276 ˹éÒ
...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 of God. And when those impressions... | |
| Joanna Southcott - 1813 - 618 ˹éÒ
...spirit, without the aid of books or men, and in the very manner declared by our Blessed Lord — " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and ye hear the sound thereof, but ye cannot tell whence itcometh, or whither it goeth :" so are the words given to Joanna ; and he was... | |
| 1806 - 650 ˹éÒ
...spirit, is spirit. The wind bloweth where it listcth, and thou hearest the sound thereof! but canst not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the spirit." Eph. ii. 8. For by .grace ye are saved through faith; and that, not of... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - 1809 - 432 ˹éÒ
...sense and consciousness. Our Saviour says, It is asfhe wind] which bloweth where it listeth, and we hear' the sound thereof, but 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 ˹éÒ
...to Nicodemug, The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearesf the sound thereof ; but canst not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth. So is every one, who is born of the Spirit. The nature of the change Itself is very plain. It is the turning of the... | |
| Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 490 ˹éÒ
...signified. " The wind bloweth where it listeth, " and thou hearest the sound thereof; bat canst " not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it " goeth : so is every one that is born of the " Spirit." The effects in both cases are easily traced, but the mode of acting... | |
| William Huntington - 1819 - 886 ˹éÒ
...g-iace. We have no command over these gales ; this wind bloweth where it listeth, and we feel the power thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh nor whither it goeth; so is every one that is born ,of the Spirit. This wind always blows at one point; there are no motions toward God,... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 ˹éÒ
...only in their effects, in confidence and joy. " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou canst not tell whence it cometh nor whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." We may know that by regeneration we are fearfully and wonderfully made... | |
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