...nature than when he fays, " there is none righteous, no, not one ?"f " The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, for they are fpiritually difcerned."J You afk, (page 46) is the natural man compelled to do the lufts...

...they know "what. is wholly unconceived by others. ' The natural ™in receivedi not VOL. V. No. 7. the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, for they are spiritually discerned.' But believers know the things, which are freely given them of...

...continually : and such is the doctrine of St. Paul, who has taught us, that the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them because they arc spiritually discerned. So that he who uses only his natural Reason, without some higher principle...

...• .» fufficiently verified in him, and all others of his .fpirit : The natural man receiveth not. the things of .. the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, for thty are fpiritually difcerned. As eafily might the lovelinefs of chaftity be perceived, or the...

...corrupt, we overturn the foundations of the Gospel; which teaches us, that the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them.— Man, it seems, is so far from knowing the spiritual things revealed to him in the Scripture, that,...

...of this " world hath blinded the minds of them that believe ." not—The natural man difcerneth not the things of .*' the Spirit of God, neither can he know them." We fttould, therefore, examine ourfelves and fee, whether the obfcurity of which we complain, fpring...

...the heart of a sinner, and makes him holy. But an apostle hath said, " The natural man receiveth hot the things of the Spirit of God,— "-neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." And nothing can be more irrational, or more evidently absurd, than supposing...

...that, No man CAN come to Christ, except the Father draw him ; and that the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither CAN he know them, because they are spiritually discerned ; it is concluded that these are things to which the sinner, while unregenerate,...

...of heavenly origin, it is one of the fruits of the Spirit, and the natural man " Understandeth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." But the odium with which true humility has been regarded by many is not...

...following language — How CAN ye, being evil, speak good things?— —The natural man receivetfi not the things of the "spirit of God, neither CAN he know them. — The carnal mind is enmity against God; and is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed CAN...