...my brethren, bear olive berries ? either a vine, figs ?" And the prophet, " can the Ethiopian change his skin ? or the leopard, his spots ? Then may ye also do good, who are accustomed to do evil." And our Saviour says, " a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit ; neither...

...it still remains true, that grace alone gives the ability ts please God. " Can the Ethiopian change his skin ? or the leopard, his spots ? Then may ye also do good, who are accustomed to do evil." " Neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit." " Can the fig-tree...

...freely by grace, therefore all my labour was but in vain; as it is written, " Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil," Jer. xiii. 23. Having gone on many months with this legal ybke on...

...author of this repentance. 1. Not men- themselves ; it is not owing to one's natural powers, Jer. xxii. 23. * Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil.' The stony heart is beyond man's power to remove. 2. It is God's free...

...heart, and life, in a right manner, according to that infallible testimony, ' Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil/ Jer. xiii. 23. He believes himself to be a dead man spiritually ; legally...

...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...

...the enemies of God. To this it is the prophet refers, as the reason why we cannot do good. Jer. 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." This also is one reason why the apostle speaks of us as dead in trespasses...

...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;...

...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...

...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...