...almoft ready to be fet up, of which Chrift fpake to Nicodemus, when he faid, John iii. 5. ' Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdofln of God.' But this is to concede, either that John's baptifm was not Chriftian baptifm, but...

...grand Enemy of our salvation, and consequently unprepared for the dreadful conflict against him. Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. Thus saith the Gospel ; but what saith Natural Religion ? It saith no mysteries...

...regeneration. Our Lord says to Nicodemus, " Verily, verily, I saj " unto thee, Except a man be born again, he " cannot see the kingdom of God:" " Except a *' man be born of water and of the Spirit, he "cannot enter into the kingdom of God."2 "Yet " must be born again." Whence I...

...a man be born again, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God," thus explains his doctrine, " Except a man be born of water and the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God :" (Vers. 3, 5.) Baptism and the Holy Ghost then are requisite to constitute a Christian,...

...second time into his mother's womb, and bo born? Jesus answered, verily, verily, I say untothee, 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 oj the Spirit, is...

...to see the importance of becoming heavenly-minded, and being born again. Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God ; except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That is the land that God meant His church to see,...

...condescension to my inaptitude to leant the great truth, makes his meaning less enigmatical, " Except a man be born of water and the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven." Approaching nearer to my idea by the similitude employed, I gather somewhat of...

...be absolutely necessary to salvation. Where then did he make this assertion ? Where he, said, except a man be born of water and the spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. Either therefore our Saviour, when he declared both water and the spirit to be necessary...

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

...in a wa£ that was clearer to the Jew's understanding : " Verily, verily, I say unto thee, " except a man be born of water and the " spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of " GOD." As if he had said, " I did not speak of a new birth in a natural^ but in a spiritual,...