 | sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - Počet stránok 484
...resisting temptation. Of this we are assured by the Prophet's comparison ; Can the fithiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, who are accustomed to do evil. (Jerem. xiii, 23.) It is, therefore, an indisputable mark of a Christian... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - Počet stránok 494
...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, who are accustomed to do evil? * Vice confirms its dominion, and extends it still farther over the... | |
 | John Willison - 1821 - Počet stránok 316
...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 - Počet stránok 234
...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 - 1821 - Počet stránok 494
...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,... | |
 | Joseph Stevens Buckminster - 1821 - Počet stránok 450
...unto their own destruction 135 — 153 SERMON XII. Habit. JEREMIAH xiii. 23. Can the Kthiopian chanse his skin, or the leopard his spots ? Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil 154 — 169 Pagt. SERMON XTIT. Confession of Christ. MATTHEW x. 32. Whosoever shall confess me before... | |
 | W. F. LLOYD - 1822 - Počet stránok 178
...(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... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - Počet stránok 396
...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... | |
 | Robert South - 1823 - Počet stránok 618
...acknowledge it as a thing impossible for a man, brought under a custom of sin, to forbear sinning ? In Jer. xiii. 23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin,...may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. Now, if this can be no more done than the former, is it not a demonstration, that it cannot be done... | |
 | Robert South - 1823 - Počet stránok 568
...of such sins was custom in sinning; and with what difficulty that is removed we are told in Jeremiah xiii. 23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the...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... | |
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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. 
