 | Isaac Barrow - Sermons, English - 1823 - 512 pages
...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 - 154 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... | |
 | Thom Scott - Theology - 1824 - 622 pages
...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 Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 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.... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 530 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. xi.... | |
 | 724 pages
...greatness of thine iniquity, is thy shame discovered, and tTiy weakness made bare. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? Then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil." Now let me beseech you to give due weight to these considerations, and then ask your reason, ask your... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 578 pages
...the invincible power which a vicious habit acquires over the human mind ; " Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil."* This terrible animal delights in the thick and gloomy forest, and chooses his abode in its deepest... | |
 | David Russell - 1825 - 372 pages
...wickedness and profaneness, as expressed in these words of the prophet, " 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. The truth, in itself, is the same as ever ; but it is not the same to such an individual,... | |
 | George Haggitt - 1825 - 458 pages
...accustomed to a long course of sinning, as so unlikely as to be impossible ; — " Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots, then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil :" not that there is any real impossibility in the case, but it is so very difficult, and happens,... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 572 pages
...pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world, 1 John ii. 16. b Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evU, Jer. xiii. 23. О generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things '! for out of... | |
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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. 
