 | Wills - 1813 - 266 דפים
...impossible not to recollect the well known passage of the prophet Jeremiah: — " Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil." * This expostulation, not less remarkable for its beauty than its truth, might suggest this obvious... | |
 | James Fishback - 1813 - 326 דפים
...should go, and when he becomes old he will not depart from it." And again, "Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the Leopard his spots? then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil." Thus avarice, as well as benevolence, may be in a high degree disinterested; as, when money is saved... | |
 | 1813 - 442 דפים
...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.' i Hence Mr. Fawkes, perhaps, took the liberty of i turning the brick into an Ethiop. Ill easier far... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Ely - 1813 - 278 דפים
...presents au awfiil instance of mental agony, and the power of vicious hahits. " Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? Then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil."* * Not long after the above date, J— R— begged me to give him a Hymn-Book. He committed many of... | |
 | Elihu Thayer - 1813 - 390 דפים
...things, and sure, which is all your hope and salvation. SERMON IL ON SINFUL HABITS. JEREMIAH, Mil. 23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good who are accustomed to do ev\L J. HESE words may be considered as proverbial. They exhibit a truth extremely... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - 1813 - 414 דפים
...the flesh cannot please God ; or that challenge of the prophet, "can the Ethiopian change his slcin, or the Leopard his spots ? Then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil." 2. That this change must be the work of Jehovah is evident from the various characters by which it... | |
 | J S. Pipe - 1813 - 646 דפים
...again to him. What mode of reasoning would admit of such a conclusion ? " Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good that arc accustomed to to do evil." When habits are formed, and the stream of our desires are after evil,... | |
 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 דפים
...open them ; Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard...may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. 25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord ; because thou hast forgotten... | |
 | William Clayton - 1814 - 420 דפים
...true repentance — as the necessary products of genuine contrition? " Can " the Ethiopian. change his skin, or the leopard " his spots? then may ye also do good, that are " accustomed to do evil."* Are inveterate habits of blasphemy, of mental impurity, of indolence, and in fine, of all evil, to... | |
 | Joseph Stevens Buckminster - 1814 - 518 דפים
...repnblished at Cambridge, and may also be found in Palej'* Works, vol. IV: p. 20. Boston edition. SERMON XII. JER. xiii. 23. CAN THE ETHIOPIAN CHANGE HIS SKIN, OR THE LEOPARD HIS SPOTS? THEN MAT YE ALSO DO GOOD, THAT ARE ACCUSTOMED TO DO EVIL. THERE is no proverb more common, or better understood... | |
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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. 
