 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pages
...blessings, and reducing them to want. This is supposed to have been the effect of Elijah's prayers : " Elias prayed earnestly that '« it might not rain, and it...earth by the space of three years and six " months. James v. 17, 1 8." See 2 Hales 421. Our Saviour mentions the time the drought continued, Luke iv. л$.... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 568 pages
...sun and moon to stand still accordingly. The prophet " Elijah was a man of like passion" with us ; " and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain ; and...gave rain, and the earth brought forth. her fruit;" as the apostle James observes, Jam. v. 17, 18. So God confounded the army of Zerah the Ethiopian, of... | |
 | 1817 - 842 pages
...another, that ye may be healed. effectuai fervent prayer righteous man availeth The of a rnuch. 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...earnestly that it mig-ht not rain; and it rained not on thé earth by thé space of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and thé heaven gave... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 714 pages
...his honour. Calmet's Commentary. || St James's words are these : — " Eiias was a man Bubject to the like passions as we are . and he prayed earnestly...it might not rain, and it rained not on the earth for the space of three years and six months." Our blessed Saviour makes mention of the like compass... | |
 | 1817 - 680 pages
...fervent11 prayer 17. of a righteous man availeth much. Elijah was a man of like infirmities with us; and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it rained not on the \aadfor three years 18 and six months : and he prayed again, and the heavengave rain, and the earth... | |
 | REV. H. C. O'DONNOGHUE, A.M. - 1818 - 342 pages
...the fifth or last chapter : — " The effecJ tual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit "— Now, if an individual was heard in his prayer, it is reasonable to conclude, that the Church shall... | |
 | Jesse Kersey - 1818 - 152 pages
...the prophet Elijah, who "prayed earnestly that it might not rain ; and it rained not upon the eartSi, by the space of three years, and six months. And he prayed again, a ad die heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit." James, v. 17, 18. No one can suppose... | |
 | 1819 - 488 pages
...7. * Ezra, ix. 6, 7. 1 Dan. ix. 9. * Psalm cxxx. 3. I1 James, iv. 6. a righteous man availeth much. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are...gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit'. — Put on the Whole armour of God, praying always, with all prayer and supplication in the spirit;... | |
 | James Everett - 1819 - 198 pages
...according to his will, he heareth us."f This it was that emboldened the prophet to pray as he did : " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit."f An example this worthy of imitation, and to which, in other particular emergencies, we are... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1819 - 616 pages
...these declarations, St. James adduces the example of Elijah ; who, although. a frail man, like others, prayed earnestly, that it might not rain, and it rained...gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. These great effects, it is to be remembered, were consequences of the prayers of a single man. After... | |
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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... 
