...our hearts are only evil continually. See it in the understanding : " Theb natural man perceiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, for they are foolishness unto him," &c. Look upon his will, " Itc is not subject to the will of God,...

...born of the SPIRIT, that he may believe on him : For he teftifieth, that the natural man receivetb not the things of the Spirit of GOD, NEITHER CAN HE KNOW THEM : Which is the very fame that CHRIST faid to Nicodemus ; except a man be born again he CANNOT SEE the...

...Apoftle has told us, " That the natural man," one who' is merely a child of Adam, " receiveth not " the things of the Spirit of God ; neither can he know them, becaufe they are " fpiritually difcerned." And indeed the very nature of the thing declares it. The way of the Spirit...

...Apoftle has told us, " That the natural man," one who is merely a child of Adam, " receiveth not " the things of the Spirit of God ; neither " can he know them, becaufe they are " fpiritually difcerned." And indeed the very nature of the thing declares it. The way of the Spirit...

...every man who attempts it muft feel in himfelf that it is, " That the natural man receiveth not the *6 things of the Spirit of God, neither " can he know them, becaufe they are " fpiritually difcerned ; " fuch men can be no judges of what is, and what is not a divine teftimony:...

...the fpirit, nothing can be expected from them but lies and confufion ; the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, hecaufe they are fpiritually difcerned, Rom. ii. 14. The Saviour will ever be glorified by the Holy...

...power of afting. Agrees able to this are the words of the apoftle : " The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerncd !" I. Cor. ii. 1-4. So that a man muft be changed from natural to fpiritual,...

...we cannot know the words of God and truth, till he makes them known. " The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerncd." I clofe thefe brief refle&ions with one remark to the Jinner, may the Holy'...

...; but God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit'. And he adds, « The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerned.' Our Saviour alfo fpeaks of revealing himfelPunto his own people, as he doth...

...of his heart are evil continually ; that the natural man (the animal or rational man) receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.' Hence we see that reason, though a noble gift of God, is insufficient...