| John Flavel - 1689 - عدد الصفحات: 412
...custom, as straws and feathers are by the rapid course of a mighty torrent. " Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil." Jer. 13 : 23. Soap and nitre may as soon make an Ethiopian white, or take the spots out of the leopard's... | |
| Samuel Carr - 1801 - عدد الصفحات: 366
...among the saints !" SERMON XLVIII. JEK. Xlll. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard Ms spots ? Then may ye also do good, that are. accustomed to do evil. • . AS a long and frequent practice can take off •^"^ the difficulty of doing some things, so it... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - عدد الصفحات: 476
...carried away ca/itive, strifified of thy ufifn-r garments, 23 and barefoot. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? [then] may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil ; so accustomed to it. that it is almost imfiostiNc tort claim 21 you, there i» no /iros/icct tfit.... | |
| 1806 - عدد الصفحات: 650
...desperately wicked." Again, read Jer. xiii. 23. " Can the Ethiopean change his skin, or the leopard hi* spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil." 2 Cor. iii. 18. " But we all," that is, believers, " with open face beholding as in a glass the glory... | |
| Hugh Gaston - 1807 - عدد الصفحات: 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 - عدد الصفحات: 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... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - عدد الصفحات: 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... | |
| Samuel Stillman - 1808 - عدد الصفحات: 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 - 1808 - عدد الصفحات: 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... | |
| 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 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. —... | |
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