...depraved nature. Hence, faith the Spirit of God, Jer. xiii. 23. " Can the Ethiopian change his Ikin, or the Leopard his fpots ? Then may ye alfo do good-, that are accuftomed to do evil." 3. The longer Satan keeps poffeiaon, the more diflicult will his eje£tion prove. The devils that poffeffed...

...difficult. In like manner, we are to undeiliand this high expreffion, (which is very hyperbolical,) " Can the Ethiopian change his fkin, or the leopard his fpots — then may ye alfo do good who are accuftomcd to do evil : that is, this moral change of men, fettled and fixed in bad habits,...

...impreffions on. fuch dry bones — oin fuch hard hearts — muft be next to a natural impoffibility; for can the Ethiopian change his fkin, or the leopard his fpots ? then they who have been accuftomed to do evil may learn to do well. But, to the honour of divine grace,...

...the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, " when thou fhalt fay, I have no pleafure in them. Can " the Ethiopian change his fkin, or the Leopard his fpots? " then may ye alfo, who are accuftomed to do evil, learn " to do well." To crown the whole, there are inftances in which...

...deceitftalnefs of fin, and the difficulty with which vicious habits of long ftanding are ever fubdued. " Can the Ethiopian change his fkin, or the leopard his fpots ? — .then may ye alfo do good, who are accuftomed to do evil." Finally. — Realize the flbortnefs of life and its uncertainty, that...

...and zeal. Evil difpofitions alfo grow with time, and are confirmed by exercife. " Can the Ethi" opian change his fkin, or the leopard his fpots ? " then...ye alfo do good, that are accuftomed to " do evil." A man wifhes to eradicate — is his tafk likefy to become eafier by fuffering the fhrub to grow year...

...walketh to direct hisjleps*. Again ; Can the Ethiopian, (j change his Jkin, or the leopard his f pots ? then may ye alfo do good, that are accuftomed to do evil-\. What our Saviour fays, corroborates and eftablifhes this,— /•' Never thelefs, I tell you the truth...

...in thejlejh cannot pleafe God ; or that challenge of the prophet, Can the Ethiopian change hisjkin, or the Leopard his fpots ? Then may ye alfo do good that are accujlomed to do evil. a. THAT this change rauftbe the work of Jehovah is evident from the various...

...tinftured with Jer. xiii. habitual pravity and perverfenefs : Can the Ethiopian a3' change hisjkin, or the leopard his fpots ? then may ye alfo do good, that are accujlomed to do evil, faith Jeremiah concerning them. All methods of reclaiming them had proved fruitlefs...

...Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? — then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.' Hence Mr. Fawkes, perhaps, took the liberty of turning the brick into an Ethiop. 'Tis easier far to bleach the Ethiop foul, &c. Of all the vices, that of avarice is the most...