 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.  Sermons - Pagina 348door Edward Dorr Griffin - 1839Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Gregory Pike - 1830 - 380 pagina’s
...doctrine of the difficulty of conversion late in life. " Can 170 EARLY PIETY EASY the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil." In this sense we may apply, with dreadful propriety, the words of Nicodemus : Can a man he horn when... | |
 | 1830 - 400 pagina’s
...turn and prepare ourselves to that which is good." As saith the prophet, " Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil." And as most disorders affect the whole body, so does sin and alienation from God the whole soul, the... | |
 | John Howard Hinton - 1830 - 426 pagina’s
...Milk for Babet, p. S4. Q. Are we able to change our own hearts? — A. Can the Ethiopian change liis skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil. (Jer. xiii. 23.)— Abridged Bible Catechism, viii. 2. Q. Can you reform and renew your wicked heart... | |
 | 1838 - 508 pagina’s
...says, " Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? VOL. IX.— January, 1838. 13 then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil." And, indeed, we have often had occasion to observe with what difficulty the habitual offender is reclaimed.... | |
 | 1831 - 416 pagina’s
...-mindedness of the gospel. Not in vain is the awful appeal of inspiration, " Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? Then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil." Kindred associates aid our progress, whether it be in the path of the just or the way of the wicked.... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1831 - 444 pagina’s
...obstinacy, their minds deeply tinctured with habitual pravity and perverseness : ' Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil,' saith Jeremiah concerning them. All methods of reclaiming them had proved fruitless ; no favorable... | |
 | Rev. Thomas Stanley Monck (the younger.) - 1831 - 186 pagina’s
...strength to perform. As the prophet Jeremiah thus declares to the Israelites: t"Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil." Repentance, as well as every other step incur eternal salvation, is the free, and unmerited gift of... | |
 | Witness Lee, Living Stream Ministry - 1990 - 183 pagina’s
...above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" (Jer. 17:9). "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). "For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, nothing good dwells" (Rom. 7:18).] B. Because... | |
 | Jan Nederveen Pieterse - 1992 - 264 pagina’s
...inferiority. The point of reference is again biblical, after Jeremiah 13:23: 'Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil' (King James). The Italian illustrator Andrea Alciati (1492-1550) depicted the same scene of whitewashing:... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1989 - 450 pagina’s
...one of us shall give account of himself to God. Romans 14:12 71 SERMON LIV Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. Jeremiah 13:23 76 SERMON LV But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast... | |
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