 | Hervey Wilbur - 1828 - 588 pages
...that it might not rain: and it rained not on the 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 lier fruit d 19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; 20 Let him know,... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1829 - 590 pages
...earnestly that it might not rain ; and i 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 fruit ;" as the apostle James observes, Jam. v. 17, 18. So God confounded the army of Zerah the Ethiopian,... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1829 - 340 pages
...prayed earnestly that it might not rain ; and " it rained not on the earth for three years and six " months ; and he prayed again, and the heaven gave " rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit." We also learn from the Pentateuch that, when God in his anger sent fire among the Israelites which... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1829 - 342 pages
...prayed earnestly that it might not rain ; and " it rained not on the earth for three years and six " months ; and he prayed again, and the heaven gave " rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.'' We also learn from the Pentateuch that, when God in his anger sent fire among the Israelites which... | |
 | Gilbert Wardlaw - 1830 - 168 pages
...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 fruit. "f " Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And... | |
 | William Mathers - 1831 - 214 pages
...earnest . ly, that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth by the space of three yeai sand six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit, 6. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy; and have power... | |
 | Thomas Greenwood - 1832 - 64 pages
...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 fruit." This fixes the allusion of St. James to a particular time ; —coupling this miraculous mode of recovery... | |
 | Hobart Caunter - 1832 - 416 pages
...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 fruit." We perceive in these instances, how fully the Apostle's declaration was confirmed, that "the effectual... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 612 pages
...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 fruity." Thus also shall it be with us, under circumstances of peculiar trial. I mean not to say, that... | |
 | 1833 - 652 pages
...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 fruit." All these instances of answered prayer powerfully enforce the apostolic command, — " Pray one for... | |
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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... 
