...the peculiar prerogative of the Holy Spirit, both in his extraordinary and ordinary communications. " The wind " bloweth where it lifteth, and thou heareft *' the found thereof, but cannot tell whence ** it cometh or whither it goeth : even fo is .'* . every one that is born of the...

...fhewed the myfterioufnefs of the way and manner of the Holy Spirit in eftecting it, from John iii. 8. The wind bloweth where it lifteth, and thou heareft the found thereof , but can/} not tell whence it fometh, and .whither it goeth : fo is every one that is born »f the Spirit....

...action ? Hear the words of the Son of God upon this fubjeft, in his converfation with Nicodemus — " The wind " bloweth where it lifteth, and thou heareft...the '' found thereof, but canft not tell whence it comw eth, nor whither it goeth *." The caufes of the directions and variations of the wind is a piece...

...on the day of Pentecoft •, and to this fimilitude our Saviour alludes where he tells Nicodemus, " the Wind bloweth " where it lifteth, and thou heareft the found " thereof, but knoweft not whence it eometh " nor whither it goeth ; fo is every one that is «« born of the Spirit."...

...appearance on the day of Pentecoft ; and to this fimilitude our Saviour alludes where he tells Nicodemus, " the Wind bloweth *' where it lifteth, and thou heareft the found " thereof, but knoweft not whence it cometh " nor whither it goeth ; fo is every one that is '' born of the Spirit/'...

...creation. " Marvel not, that I faid unto thee, Ye muft be born again. The wind bloweth, where it lifted!,. and thou heareft the found thereof, but canft not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth." Thus -the Spirit acts upon the human mind, in a fovereign and unintelligible manner: for...

...thereof may flow out : let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pica. fant fruits. John iii. 8. The wind bloweth where it lifteth, and thou heareft...thereof, but canft not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth : fo is every one that is bora of tbe Spirit. fi Chora, xxix. 1.4. And David faid, — But...

...effcct. So it is in this cafe. " The wind bloweth where it lifteth, and thou. hearefc; • Jam. i. is. heareft the found thereof, but canft not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth : So is every one that is born of the fpirit."* 6. The grace granted in regeneration is a...

...his name at his baptifin. • " 7. Marvel not that I faid unto thee, " ye muft be born again. " 8. The wind bloweth where it lifteth, " and thou heareft...but " canft not tell whence it cometh, and " whither it goeth : fo is every one that is " born of the Spirit." How different were even the apoftles themfelves,...

...incomprehenfible operation : " The " wind," fays he, " bloweth where it lifteth, and thou " hearcft the found thereof, but canft not tell whence " it cometh, and whither it goeth : fo is every one " that is born of the Spirit." But we muft not therefore deny the reality...