 | John Flavel - 1689 - 412 pages
...the rapid course of a mighty torrent. " Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil." Jer. 13 : 23. Soap and nitre may as soon make an Ethiopian white, or take the spots out of the leopard's... | |
 | Samuel Carr - 1801 - 366 pages
...the saints !" SERMON XLVIII. JEK. Xlll. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard Ms spots ? Then may ye also do good, that are. accustomed to do evil. • . AS a long and frequent practice can take off •^"^ the difficulty of doing some things, so it... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pages
...An itftfltr garments, 23 and barefoot. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? [then] may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil ; so -acci'itomi d to it t/tat ii is almost impossible to reclaim 24 you, there is no firoa/tect (fit.... | |
 | 1806 - 650 pages
...wicked." Again, read Jer. xiii. 23. " Can the Ethiopean change his skin, or the leopard hi* spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil." 2 Cor. iii. 18. " But we all," that is, believers, " with open face beholding as in a glass the glory... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...good they have no knowledge. 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. Rom. vii. 19. The good that I would I do not, but the evil which I would not, that I do. Ver. 21.1... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - 1808 - 428 pages
...prophet's words, (Jer. 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 former is naturally impossible, and the latter morally so ; because the principle of sin has such... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...discovered, and thy heels made bare. 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. Alas, ye are so habituated in evil, that there is no hope at all of your reclaiming: as soon may the... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...shame and ignominy of the world. XIII. 23 Can the Ethiopian change his s/cin, or the leopard ha spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil, Alas, ye are so habituated in evil, that there is no hope at all of your reclaiming: as soon may the... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 578 pages
...impossibility to subdue it. Jer. xiii. 23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spo.'s ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. It is very hard to dislodge a lust, that pleads prescription for itself: it hath had possession of... | |
 | 1829 - 610 pages
...snch passages as the following : — " Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil. — O, Israel ! tbou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. — Ye must be born again. —... | |
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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. 
