 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - Počet stránok 550
...them to do evil. Jer. iv. 22. My people are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. xiii. 23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the...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 - Počet stránok 428
...sacred oracles repeatedly assure us of this truth ; and it is the plain meaning of the prophet's words, (Jer. xiii. 23.) " Can the Ethiopian change his skin,...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... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - 1808 - Počet stránok 426
...sacred oracles repeatedly assure us of this tfuth ; and it is the plain meaning of the prophet's words, (Jer. xiii. 23.) " Can the Ethiopian change his skin,...then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do fcvil." The former is naturally impossible, and the latter morally so ; because the principle of sin... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - Počet stránok 574
...things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare. XIII. 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the...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... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - Počet stránok 332
...only be removed by a supernatural influence. The work is not of man. ''• Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accus- •» v tomed to do evil." Jer. xiii. 23. Conversion, therefore, is the work of a divine hand;... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - Počet stránok 550
...not easily loosed ; insomuch as custom puts on the face of another nature : Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are acaisfomed to do evil ; Jer. xiii. 23. How stiffly did the men of Judah, after all the dreadful threatenings... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - Počet stránok 568
...the 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... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - Počet stránok 454
...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, ixho are accustomed to do evil*. Vice confirms its dominion, and extends it still farther over the... | |
 | 1829 - Počet stránok 610
...be able to stand in the presence of 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. —... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - Počet stránok 578
...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... | |
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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. 
