...become the sons of God, if they be born with both the sacraments, or rites ; for it is written, ' Unless a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." " — The same also is the commentary of Eusebius Emissenus; and St Austin' tells,...

...How can a man be born " when he is old ?" " Jesus answered, Ve" rily, verily, I say unto thee, except a " man be born of "water and the spirit, he ** cannot enter into the kingdom of God. " That which is born of the flesh is flesh, " and that which is born of the spirit...

...of a nature, those of mystery ; these speak properly, they are figurative : such as this ; " Unless a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven." The proposition is sacramental, mystical, and figurative: "Go and baptize," that...

...without this, you cannot be saved. The words of Christ are, ' Verily, Verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." He does not say, Except a man be virtuous in his habits, or moral in his life, or...

...this assertion, our Saviour explained himself further: " Verily, verily, I say unto thee, ex" cept a man be born of water and the Spirit, " he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." The meaning of which seems to be this, that except a man were renewed by an ablution,...

...bctievtth, not — Whether baptized or unhaptizi-d, shall perish everlastingly." John iii. 5, Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of Qoil— "Except be experience thai sreat Inward change 1>y the Spirit, and be baptized (whenevrr...

...baptized, shall be saved f;" here we have both the condition and the promise: Christ also says, " Except a man be born of water and the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." which makes Baptism an essential condition of ailmission into the Gospel covenant....

...him above himself. This holy change is wrought by divine power. Our Savioor tells Nicodemus, " except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." The analogv of a new birth signifies, that it is entirely the work of the sanctifyin;...

...you accuse men for pretending to the Spirit, and to be holy ? Why, Christ hath said, that " Except a man be born of water, and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven;" Johniii.6. And "without holiness none shall see God ;" Heb. xii. 14. And " if any...

...defileth can enter into the holy city. — Rev. xxi. 27. Hence the necessity of being renewed ; for except a man be born of water and the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. — John iii. 5 Are ye (hen renewed in the spirit of your minds ? If not, ye are out...