When the child is born
But no sooner is the child born into the world than he exists in quite a different manner. He now feels the air with which he is surrounded, and which pours into him from every side, as fast as he alternately breathes it back, to sustain the flame of life. And from this springs a continual increase of strength, of motion, and of sensation, all the bodily senses being now awakened and furnished with their proper objects.
1771 text
5. But no sooner is the child born into the world, than he exists in a quite different manner. He now feels the air with which he is surrounded, and which pours into him from every side, as fast as he alternately breathes it back, to sustain the flame of life. And hence springs a continual increase of strength, of motion and of sensation: all the bodily senses being now awakened, and furnished with their proper objects.
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Sermon 19 in the 1771 Works. First John 3:9.
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