natural ear is totally deaf. This is the force of Paul’s statement in verses 9, 10: Eye [the natural eye] hath not seen, nor ear [the natural ear] heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. BUT GOD HATH REVEALED THEM UNTO US BY HIS SPIRIT. Regeneration, therefore, is a supernatural act of God whereby a spiritual creation takes place, and we behold things which are utterly unknown and must remain completely unknown even to the most
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