 | sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 484 էջ
...resisting temptation. Of this we are assured by the Prophet's comparison ; Can the fithiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, who are accustomed to do evil. (Jerem. xiii, 23.) It is, therefore, an indisputable mark of a Christian... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 494 էջ
...thraldom he suffers, to groan under fetters which he despairs of throwing off. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? Then may ye also do good, who are accustomed to do evil? * Vice confirms its dominion, and extends it still farther over the... | |
 | Church of England articles - 1821 - 234 էջ
...grace, Rom. iv. 16. Through the faith of the operation of God. Col. ii. 12. ' Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil. Jer. xiii. 23. They that are in the flesh cannot please God. Rom. viii. 8. O Lord, I know that the... | |
 | John Willison - 1821 - 316 էջ
...agreeable to depraved nature. Hence saith the Spirit of God, .Jer. xiii. 23. •' Can the Ethopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil." 3. Hie longer Satan keeps possession, the more difficult will his ejection prove. The devils that po»»... | |
 | Joseph Milner, Rev. Isaac Milner - 1821 - 494 էջ
...stubborn by time. They will find them not easy to be subdued. " Can the Ethiopian, saith the Lord, change his skin, or the Leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil *." I say this not to discourage any of my aged hearers, who lam ent their past neglect of Christ,... | |
 | W. F. LLOYD - 1822 - 178 էջ
...(14 Job. 4.) Not one. (14 Job. 4.) 2. Are we able to renew our own hearts ? Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. (13 Jer.23.) 3. Is it absolutely necessary that our hearts should be changed 1 Verily, verily, I say... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 396 էջ
...From the red brick to wash its hues away. — Similar to the sacred text : ' Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? — then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.' Hence Mr. Fawkes, perhaps, took the liberty of turning the brick into an Ethiop. 'Tis easier far to... | |
 | 1823 - 154 էջ
...Job 4.) ' . Not one. (14 Job 4.) 2. Are we able to renew our own hearts ? Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. (l3Jer.23.) 3. 7* it absolutely necessary that our hearts should be changed? Verily, verily, I say... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1823 - 512 էջ
...minds deeply tinctured with Jer. xiii. habitual pravity and perverseness : Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil, saith Jeremiah concerning them. All methods of reclaiming them had proved fruitless ; no favourable... | |
 | Robert South - 1823 - 568 էջ
...and with what difficulty that is removed we are told in Jeremiah xiii. 23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. The Ethiopian's blackness and the leopard's spots are natural to them; and there is no washing away... | |
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Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. 
