The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the spirit.—John, iii. 7, 8.
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you.—Galatians, iv. 19.
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.—I. John, iii. 9.
Orient light,
Exhaling first from darkness, they beheld,
Birthday of heaven and earth.
Milton.
Thou hast been found
By merit, more than birthright, Son of God.
Milton.