| Ralph Erskine - 1741 - 116 pages
...; for " the natural Man receives not ' the Things of the Spirit of God ; they are foolifh- ' ' nefs to him, neither can he know them, becaufe * they are fpiritually difcerned.' The World cannot think of Chrift, far lefs think much of him, becaufe they do not know him : Like jS/op's... | |
| John Brine - Atonement - 1743 - 520 pages
...Truths: The natural Man receivetb ' not the Things of the Spirit of God : For they are Foolijhnefs to him \ neither can he know them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerned (m). 'Tis as reafonable to think, a Man may difcern Objects, who is naturally blind, as imagine a Sinner,... | |
| Samuel Shaw - 1769 - 590 pages
...difcerning objects, than that which he brought into the world with him, " the natural " man receiveth not the things of the fpirit of " God : for they are foolifhnefs unto him ; nei" ther can he know them, becaufe they are fpi" ritualJy difcerned." i Cor. ii. 14. §... | |
| Nicholas Manners - Theology, Doctrinal - 1775 - 220 pages
...this refpect, is man in hislapfed ftate. " The natural man (the 4/Mstxor, the animal man) receiveth not the things of the fpirit of GOD : " For they are foolifhnefs to him ; neither can he " know them, becauie they are fpiritually difcerned||." So reafon, unaffifted by grace, does not only not comprehend,... | |
| Benjamin Jenks - Faith - 1793 - 554 pages
...none that is unconverted, can know, ver. 14. " The natural man receives not the things of the " Spirit of God : for they are foolifhnefs to him : " neither can he know them : becaule they are fj *' ritually discerned." There lies the bar in his way : whitever be his endowments,... | |
| Samuel Hopkins - Eschatology - 1793 - 640 pages
...oppofed to the mind renewed by the fpirit of God in regeneration. It is faid, the natural man receiveth not the things of the fpirit of God : For they are foolifhnefs unto him ; neither can he know them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerned. But he that is fpiritual,... | |
| Samuel Hopkins - Regeneration (Theology) - 1793 - 136 pages
...MATT. v. 8. xxiv. 7. THE fame thing is taught by St. Paul, when he fays, " The natural man receiveth not the things of the fpirit of God : for they are foolifhnefs unto him ; neither can he know them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerned. But he that is fpiritual... | |
| Ralph Erskine - Sermons - 1795 - 540 pages
...you got a fpiritual difcerning ; for, " The natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God; they are foolifhnefs to him: neither can he know them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerned." The world cannot think of Chrift, far lefs think much of him, becaufe they do not know him: like ^Efop's... | |
| Ralph Erskine - Sermons - 1795 - 582 pages
...fuch a llock of natural parts, and acquired literature, yet he receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolifhnefs to him ; neither can he know them, for they are fpiritually diicerned : the man mull be taught of God. True laving light is fpiritual... | |
| 1800 - 498 pages
...great fhare in' the determination of the judg« ment. Hence it is faid, " The natural man receiveth not the things of the fpirit of God, for they are foolifhnefs unto him $ neither can he know them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerned. But he that is fpiritual,... | |
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