 | John Flavel - Conversion - 1689 - 412 pages
...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... | |
 | George Haggitt - 1796 - 408 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 ac" customed to do evil:" not that there is any real impossibility in the case, but it is so very difficult,... | |
 | 1814
...change of nature to repent ; this the Prophet Jeremiah forcibly shows : " Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accus-. tomed to do evil." (Jer. xiii. 23.) If the repentance of a Jong-practised sinner be sincere,... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...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.... | |
 | Richard Graves - English poetry - 1805 - 204 pages
...us reflect on the beautiful and emphatical expression of the prophet: " Can the Ethiopian " change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? " then may ye also do good, that are accuftom"ed to do evil." In fhort, let us not leave room for any illhabits, either mental or corporeal... | |
 | Richard Graves - English poetry - 1806 - 200 pages
...us reflect on the beautiful and emphatical. expression of the prophet : " Can the Ethiopian " change his skin, or the leopard his spots? " then may ye also do good, that are accuftom" ed to do evil." In fhort, let us not leave room for any illhabits, either mental or corporeal... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...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 - Baptists - 1808 - 428 pages
...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 - 574 pages
...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 - Baptists - 1808 - 426 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
