...for the ordinary, but imperceptible influences of the spirit. " The ff wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou •" nearest the sound thereof, but canst...it cometh, or whither it " goeth : so is every one who is born of the " spirit.—The wisdom which is from above " is first pure, then peaceable, gentle...

...Ghost, alike beyond human power to produce it and to control it. "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth ; " and such is the work of the Spirit, alike in an individual conversion or in a revival of religion....

...exercise and efficacy. In this view, our Lord observes, John iii. 8. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not...whence it cometh, or whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the spirit. There are, indeed, who greatly abuse this passage, thence flattering themselves,...

...is like the wind ; we see its effect and feel its influence ; " the wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not...whence it cometh or whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit." Lorenzo. If the Spirit moves in a sovereign manner, how is it possible...

...applicable : — •• The wind bloweth where it lifteth, and thou heareft the found thereof ; but can/I not tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth. So is every one -who is born of the Spirit, \ END OF THE HINTS FOR SERMONS. CC 4 ANAL YS IS OF ST. PAUL'S EPISTLE TO...

...with Nicodemns, ' The wind bloweth where it listeth ; and thou nearest the sound thereof, but can't not tell whence it Cometh or whither it goeth, so is every one who is born of the Spirit ;' —from this single, but mysteriously prolific thought, sprung up a totally...

...attempt to comprehend : — ' The wind blow, eth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, or whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit,' John iii. 8. But the reality and necessity of bis operation, not that...

...operations of this kind, by comparing them to the wind, " which bloweth where " it listeth ; and thqu nearest the sound thereof, but <( canst not tell whence...cometh, or whither it " goeth ; — so is every one that is born of the spirit." — Let liumble gratitude acknowledge the effect, unprompted by an idle...

...mystery. As saith the Lord, " The wind " bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound " thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, or " whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the " spirit." The operations hereby declared incomprehensible, are not subjects of...

...without any saving effect. — " The wind bloweth where it listeth, we hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh, or whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit." But this doctrine, however mysterious, must be taught. As we ought to vindicate the glory of Jesus, by...