...any man jar John Roger's jake, Infer. 3. Hcna honourable are Chriftians by their new birth! " They are born not of blood, nor of the will of the flefli, nof " of the will of man, but of God," John i. i3. (i. e,j not in an impure, or mere natural way, but in a moft ipiritual and ibpernatural manner...

...of God : and therefore they that are born again, are laid to be born of God, i John iii. 9. vi They are " Born, not of blood, nor of the' will of the...rlefh, nor of the will of man, but of God," John i. 13. They are born of the Spirit, John iii. 5, 6. 8. And hence, to the fame purpofe, 2. The new heart is...

...God created us ? But he is especially the Father of the faithful, by Regeneration and Adoption : who are born, not of blood, nor of the wiU of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God; John i. 13. This, therefore should teach us, ( 1 ) To esteem one another as brethren. Outward respects, the grandeur...

...instrumental causes of regeneration. 1. The efficient cause of regeneration is God the Spirit. Believers are 'born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of GOD,' John i. 13. ' Except a man be born of water and of THE SPIRIT, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.' 'The washing...

...might justly be said to be born after, or according to the Spirit. What a lively type of those who are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God? John i. 13. On the other hand, Ishmael was born after the flesh. There WHS nothing extraordinary in his birth:...

...for that is not a privilege that descends from parents to children by birth, as our Saviour says, We are born not of blood, nor of the -will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God, John i. 13, Theref re, when some, who are on the other side of the question, think that we intend hereby the saving...

...weak their faith may be, they are possessed of that which is in its own nature an evidence that they are born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God ; John i. 12, 13. But though every heaven-born soul is the subject of what evidences a relation to God, be has...

...Christ's spiritual seed ; one of " the children which God hath given him." Heb. ii. 13. One of those "who are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,....nor of the will of man, but of God." John, i. 13. Christ's people, his spiritual seed, are regenerate ; " being born again, not of corruptible seed,...

...renounce their own wisdom, and to become fools, that they may be truly wise. 1 Cor. i. 18, 19; iii. 8; viii. 2. Attention to the education of children...i. 13. If a man professes to love the Lord Jesus, 1 am willing to believe him, if he does not give me proof to the contrary ; but I am sure, at the same...

...the power of God. Hence it is said of them that receive Christ, and believe in his name, " that they are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God," John i. 13. As the whole work of salvation for and in behalf of the church is of God, so the salvation of every...