 | 1809 - 658 pages
...fervent|| prayer of a righteous man availeth 17 much. Elijah was a man of like infirmities with us ; and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it rained 18 not on the land for three years and six months : and he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain,... | |
 | James Macknight - 1810 - 594 pages
...nay, every sincere penitent may expect salvation without the absolution of any 1 7 Elias was a than subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed...earth by the space of three years and six months. 1 8 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. 19 Brethren,... | |
 | James Macknight - 1810 - 586 pages
...salvation without the absolution of any • 17 Ellas was a man subject to like passions as we are, «nd he prayed earnestly that it might not rain ; and it...earth by the space of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. 19 Brethren,... | |
 | Benjamin Blayney - 1810 - 540 pages
...the reign of king Ahab, 1 Kings xvii. 1. when according to the reckoning of St James, Ch. v. 17. " it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months." At what time the great drought here mentioned took place, we find not among the records of history.... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 416 pages
...fervor and success in prayer. It is said of Elijah, " He prayed, and it rained not on the earth for the space of three years and six months ; and he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain." This example James adduces as a proof, that, " the effectual fervent prayer of... | |
 | Joseph Field - 1811 - 358 pages
...avenge them speedily." Add to these the instances. recorded of God's interposing in answer to prayer. " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit," From these scripture hints if O o will, perhaps, be inferred, that God may be influenced by men, especially... | |
 | Joseph Field - 1811 - 356 pages
...'. them speedily." Add to these the instances recorded of God's interposing in answer to prayer. " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...earnestly that it might not rain ; and it rained not oh the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again and the heaven gave rain,... | |
 | 1812 - 292 pages
...wrought by the Prophet Elijah are remarkably similar to those above quoted. St. James says chap. v. 17, " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...earth by the space of three years and six months." It is worthy of notice that the time spoken of here should be the same as in Revelations before noticed.... | |
 | John Murray - 1813 - 438 pages
...glory. It is remarkable, that the apostle James, v. 17, 18, speaking of the prophet of the LORD, says, " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...of three years and six months. And he prayed again, ar.d the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit." Yet the rain came not for-his sake,... | |
 | Samuel Miller - 1813 - 450 pages
...was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestlg that it might not rain ; ami it rained not on the earth by the space of three years...gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit*. Thus the fervent supplications of " righteous Lot" obtained deliverance for Zoar, when the Lord visited... | |
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Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her... 
