| Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 538 páginas
...to him, he knows not what it means, 1 Cor. ii. 14. The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him : neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned, And to the like purpose Christ teaches us that the world is wholly... | |
| John Venn - 1818 - 424 páginas
...faculties : " The carnal mind is enmity against God." " The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." But I address myself, I trust, to those in this assembly who can duly... | |
| Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1818 - 348 páginas
...blindness, which is on our understandings ; for « the natural man receiveth « not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are « foolishness to him : neither can he know them, « because they are spiritually discerned.'* This is true not only of the illiterate, but also of the wise and... | |
| John Thornton - 1818 - 210 páginas
...which excludes the precious light ot divine truth. The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned, 1 Cor. ii. 14. To one who is in this state, the clearest displays of... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1840 - 644 páginas
...to imL press ; failing to save : as it is written, " the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him : neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." That, for this reason, the God of mercy not only provides a Saviour,... | |
| 1819 - 594 páginas
...divine influence to enlighten and sanctify the soul. " The natu*al man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." I will refer to only a few passages : " The Son of Man came not to... | |
| 1824 - 604 páginas
...interpreters of the will of God has well remarked, ' The natural roan receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him. Neither can he know them, because they are spiritual]; discerned.' " Few men have marked with greater abhorrence, than I have done in... | |
| Thomas Scott - 1819 - 164 páginas
...1—8. + Col. i. IS, 14. St. Paul affirms that " The natural man re" ceiveth not the things of the Spirit of God ; " for they are foolishness to him, neither can he " know them ; because they are spiritually dis" cerned*." The contrast between the natural man and the spiritual man, and... | |
| sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 484 páginas
...the Apostle says (1 Cor. ii. 14), that the natural man receivethnot the things of the Spirit ofGod, for they are foolishness to him ; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. By the natural man is understood the ttnrenewed person in his mind,... | |
| Isaac Milner - 1820 - 466 páginas
...but it is also declared, in express language, that " the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him ; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." Let us thoroughly understand this matter. It might have pleased our... | |
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