...their acting by them, as the inspired writer observes ; so that it may well be said, Thou knowest not the •way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in theivomb of her that is with child ; even so thou knottiest not the works of God, •who maketh all...

...that observeth the wind shall not sow ; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. 5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how...thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand : for thou knowest not whether...

...ever heard those secret orders, •which, nevertheless, receive sueh an exact obedience ? " As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, " nor how...thou knowest not the " works of God who maketh all."* If the divine agency were confined to those movements of the world, which proceed in a necessary, equal,...

...directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor, hath taught him ?" Eccles. xi. 5. " As thon knowest not what is the way of the Spirit, nor how...bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child ; so thou knowest not the works of God, who maketh all." John iii. 8. " The wind bloweth where it listeth,...

...new birth, as in the first birth : Eccl. xi. 5. Thou knowest not what is the way of the Spirit, or how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with...child : even so thou knowest not the works of God, that worketh all. The ingenerating of a principle of grace in the soul, seems in scripture to be compared...

...knowledge, or enjoin him his way, or say unto him, What dost thou ? We know not what is the Ti'aij of the Spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so we know not the works of God who maketh all. No wonder therefore if those that go this forbidden way...

...incorruption, to swallow up mortality of life. But hcnv is this done ? I cannot tell. O man, " thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how...thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all." Who is able to trace and to describe the common process of vegetable nature ? Where is the man that...

...occult proceedEcdef. xi. ings in nature, might well fay, As tliou knoweft not the 4- way ofthefpirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb . ' of her that is with child ; J'o thou knowejl not the works of God, who maketh all. Again, 7. God, in his progrefs toward the...

...speculations reach; but finding in myself nothing to be truer than what the wise Solomon tells me, * " As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how...receive and rejoice in the light of revelation, which set,, me at rest in many things, the manner whereof my poor reason can by no means make out to Hie:...

...speculations reach; but finding in myself nothing to be truer than what the wise Solomon tells me, * " As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how...knowest not the works of God who maketh all things;" I grate-. fully receive and rejoice in the light of revelation, which sets me at rest in many things,...