 | John Willison - Christian life - 1821 - 322 pages
...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»»... | |
 | Church of England articles - 1821
...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... | |
 | Joseph Milner, Rev. Isaac Milner - Sermons - 1821
...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,... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822
...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... | |
 | W. F. LLOYD - 1822
...(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... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1823
...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... | |
 | 1823 - 140 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert South - Apologetics - 1823
...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... | |
 | John Scott (A.M.) - Theology - 1824
...inveterate evil habits ; whether infinite or not, must be exceedingly great. " Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or " the leopard his spots ? Then may ye also do " good, that are accustomed to do evil." l ' To over' come the world, the flesh, and the devil,' cannot be effected either by a little exertion,... | |
 | John L. Locke - Bible - 1824 - 493 pages
...that walketh to direct his steps. — Jer. x. 23. Prov. xvi. 9. Can the Ethiopian change his skin? &c. then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil? — Jer. xiii. 23. the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsover the Son will reveal him. —Matt.... | |
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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. 
