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" Can the Ethiopian change his fkin, or the " leopard his fpots ? then may ye alfo do good, that  "
The idyllia, epigrams, and fragments, of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus, with ... - Page 141
by Theocritus (of Syracuse) - 1792
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A Treatise Concerning Christian Prudence: Or, the Principles of Practical ...

John Norris - 1710 - 424 pages
...Accordingly the Scripture compares it to an Ethiopian changing his Skin. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the Leopard his fpots ? Then may ye alfo do good, that are accuftomd to do evil, Jer. 13. 23. The words in their found exprefs an Impoffibility, in like manner...
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The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Volume 6

John Tillotson - 1748 - 484 pages
...fpeaks of it as next to a natural impoffibility, chap. xiii. 23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his fpots ? Then may ye alfo do good, that are accuftomed to do evil. This requires great driving indeed. Nothing fhows the fpirit and refolution of a man more, than to...
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The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Volume 8

John Tillotson - 1748 - 458 pages
...offuch perfons to us, bjr luch things as are naturally impoffible. Can the Ethiofian change his {kin, or the leopard his fpots ? Then may ye alfo do good, that are accuflomed to do evil. Now this confideration added to the former, to the impotency of nature, the...
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Sermons on Several Religious and Important Subjects

William Shepheard - 1748 - 410 pages
...concerning thefe Men in very ftrong Terms, Can the ^Ethiopian change his Skin, or the Leopard his Spots ? Then may ye alfo do Good, that are accuftomed to do Evil (z). Confirmed Ha- •> bits are not eafily rooted out, when they take their Rife only from the moft...
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The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Volume 2

John Tillotson - 1748 - 428 pages
...like manner we are to underftand this high exprefCon in the text, Can the Ethiopian change his jkin, or the leopard his fpots ? then may ye alfo do good that arc accstftomed to do evil : that is, this moral change of men fettled and fixed in bad habits, is...
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Sermons on various subjects, with a preface [by J. Duchal].

John Abernethy - 1751 - 452 pages
...arifing from vicious Habits. Jerem. xiii. 23. Can the Ethiopian change his jkin, or the leopard bis fpots ? Then may ye alfo do good that are accuftomed to do evil, p. 206 SERMON IX. A Sermon addreffed particularly to young People. Pfalm xxxiv. 11, 12, 13, 14. Come,...
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An Explication of the First Part of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism ...

Thomas Boston - 1755 - 318 pages
...his own Sanftification, or make himfelf holy: Jer. xiii. 23. 'Can the Ethiopian change ' his flcin, or the leopard his fpots ? then may ye ' alfo do good, that are accuftomed to do evil.' Jokn xv. 5.6. 'I am the vine, ye are the branches : ' he that abideth in me, and I in him, the fame...
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The Works of the Most Reverend John Tillotson, Lord Archbishop of ..., Volume 10

John Tillotson - 1757 - 510 pages
...fcripture reprefents the condition of fuch perfons to us, by fuch things as are naturally impoflible. " Can the Ethiopian change his fkin, or the " leopard...ye alfo do good, that " are accuftomed to do evil." Now this confideration added to the former, to the impotency of nature, the ftrength of evil habits,...
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The Works of the Most Reverend John Tillotson, Lord Archbishop of ..., Volume 7

John Tillotson - 1757 - 498 pages
...things as are naturally impoflible, to fhew how great our weaknefs and impotency is ; Jer. xiii. 23. " Can the ethiopian change ** his fkin, or the leopard his fpots ? then may ye " alfo do good, who are accuftomed to do evil," And And by how much ftronger the chains of our fins are, SER Mand the...
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Christian Sobriety: Being Eight Sermons on Titus II. 6, Preached with a ...

Jonathan Mayhew - 1763 - 378 pages
...nation, is harder to be broken than a novel and recent one. Agreeably whereto it is faid in fcripture, " Can the .^Ethiopian " change his fkin, or the leopard his fpots \ " Then may ye alfo that are accuftomed to " do evil, learn to do well." Which words, tho' they are not deflgned to afTert...
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