| John Thornton - 1818 - 210 páginas
...a shining star, as turn the carnal and dead heart into the image of God !" Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also...good that are accustomed to do evil. Jer. xiii. 23. That bold blasphemer and fierce persecutor, Saul of Tarsus, was converted and pardoned ! but did he... | |
| Daniel Wilson - 1818 - 594 páginas
...shall see him as he is. SERMON XVII. THE FORCE OF HABIT. 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. SUCH are the emphatic words in which the force of evil habit is described by the inspired Prophet.... | |
| 1818 - 948 páginas
...greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, ami thy heels made bare. 23 Can the Ethiopian change merican Bible Society" 24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness. 25... | |
| sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 484 páginas
...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 - 494 páginas
...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... | |
| Church of England articles - 1821 - 234 páginas
...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...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 way of man is not... | |
| John Willison - 1821 - 316 páginas
...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»»... | |
| Joseph Milner, Rev. Isaac Milner - 1821 - 494 páginas
...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,... | |
| 1839 - 1092 páginas
...to admit the possibility of error ? Infallibility in error ? Impossible. " Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also...that are accustomed to do evil." (Jer. xiii. 23.) WV HORjE BIBLICCE. (No. XVIII.) THE JOURNEY TO EMMAUS. To the Editor of tie Wesleyan-Meihodist Magazine.... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 396 páginas
...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... | |
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