 | Greek literature - 1813 - 442 pages
...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.' i Hence Mr. Fawkes, perhaps, took the liberty of i turning the brick into an Ethiop. Ill easier far... | |
 | Moses Mather - Theological anthropology - 1813 - 258 pages
...the prophet refers, as the reason why we cannot do good. 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." This also is one reason why the apostle speaks of us as dead in trespasses and sins. And it is in this... | |
 | James Fishback - Apologetics - 1813 - 326 pages
...should go, and when he becomes old he will not depart from it." And again, "Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the Leopard his spots? then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil." Thus avarice, as well as benevolence, may be in a high degree disinterested; as, when money is saved... | |
 | Wills - 1813 - 266 pages
...impossible not to recollect the well known passage of the prophet Jeremiah: — " Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil." * This expostulation, not less remarkable for its beauty than its truth, might suggest this obvious... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - Presbyterian Church - 1813 - 414 pages
...the flesh cannot please God ; or that challenge of the prophet, "can the Ethiopian change his slcin, or the Leopard his spots ? Then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil." 2. That this change must be the work of Jehovah is evident from the various characters by which it... | |
 | J S. Pipe - Christianity - England - 19th century - 1813 - 646 pages
...again to him. What mode of reasoning would admit of such a conclusion ? " Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good that arc accustomed to to do evil." When habits are formed, and the stream of our desires are after evil,... | |
 | Elihu Thayer - Congregational churches - 1813 - 390 pages
...all your hope and salvation. SERMON IL ON SINFUL HABITS. JEREMIAH, Mil. 23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good who are accustomed to do ev\L J. HESE words may be considered as proverbial. They exhibit a truth extremely... | |
 | Joseph Stevens Buckminster - Sermons, American - 1814 - 518 pages
...their own destruction. . 166 — 189 .SERMON XII. Habit. 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. . 190 — 200 SERMON Xni. Confession of Christ. MATTHEW x. 32. Whosoever shall confess me before men,... | |
 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 pages
...carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. 25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord ; because thou hast forgotten... | |
 | William Clayton - Sermons, English - 1814 - 420 pages
...true repentance — as the necessary products of genuine contrition? " Can " the Ethiopian. change his skin, or the leopard " his spots? then may ye also do good, that are " accustomed to do evil."* Are inveterate habits of blasphemy, of mental impurity, of indolence, and in fine, of all evil, to... | |
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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. 
