| Thomas Bennet - 1714 - 382 pages
...found true j for £lias ,WM a >$Aan fubje$ to lify paffions->Af.-.we 'ar&3 and 'he fray'd earyeftlj that .it .might not Rain: and it rained not on the Earth bj the fpace of three; yearf and fix months. And ht fray'd again, and the hea~ •vtn gave Rain, and... | |
| William Sherlock - 1715 - 474 pages
...; and proves it from the Example of Eliot , who was a man fuhjeff to like pajjions as we are ; and he prayed earneftly that it might not rain, and it rained not on the earth hy thefpace of three years and fix months ; and he prayed again , and the heavens gave rain, and the... | |
| Thomas Chubb - 1732 - 882 pages
...St James (as in chap. v. 17, 18.) relates it as a matter of fadl, viz. that Elias/>rdyfd earncftly that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth by the /pace of three years and fix •months. And he prayed again; and the he 'averts gavt rain, 'ami the... | |
| Edward Harley - 1735 - 798 pages
...thing of the L o R o. 17. Elias was a Man fubjeft to like PASSIONS as we are, and he PRAYED earnefily that it might not rain: and it rained not on the Earth by the fpace of three Tears and fix Months. ' Chap. v. \6. The EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER of a righteous Man AVAILETH much.... | |
| 1737 - 468 pages
...of a righteous man availed! much. fi« 1 7 Elias was a man fubjeft to like paffions as we are, and he prayed earneftly that it might not rain : and it rained not on the earth by the ipace of three years and fix months. 1 8 And he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth... | |
| Thomas Chubb - 1754 - 432 pages
...the world to come, but for the inflicting and removing of temporary punimment here in this world : He prayed earneftly that it might- not rain* and it rained not by the fpace of three years and. fix months ; this was a temporary punifhment, laitj upon the houfe... | |
| Thomas Newton (bp. of Bristol.) - 1766 - 518 pages
...they are like Elijah, who foretold a want of rain in the days of Ahab, (i Kings XVII. i. Jam.V. 17.) and it rained not on the earth by the fpace of three years and fix months, which, myftically underftood, is the fame fpace of time as the forty and two months, and the thoufand... | |
| John Witherspoon, William Shenstone - 1768 - 360 pages
...by the apoftle James, chap. v. i7. i 8. " Elias was a man fubject to like paf" fions as we are, and he prayed earneftly that " it might not rain : and...years and fix " months. And he prayed again, and the hea" ven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her * fruit." See the cafe of Daniel, recorded ia the... | |
| John Flavel - 1770 - 488 pages
...-hold their influences, Jam, v. 17, 18. " Elias was a man " fubjeft to like paflions, as we are, and he prayed earneftly " that it might not rain, and...fpace of three years and fix months ; and he prayed agaio, " and the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth her " fruit." God hath fubje&ed the... | |
| Samuel Ogden - 1780 - 380 pages
...petitions are efficacious and powerful. Elias was a man fubjeft to like paf- James r. Jions as we are, and he prayed earneftly that it might not rain ; and it rained not on the , tanh by the fpace of three years and jix months. What is this brought to prove ? That the effectual... | |
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