 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1802 - 636 pages
...earneftly that it might " not rain : and it rained not on the earth by the fpace of " three years and fix months. And he prayed again, and " the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her " fruit." See the cafe of Daniel, recorded in the ;d chapterof that book, particularly the lyth, i8th and iQth... | |
 | John Jamieson - 1802 - 540 pages
...refpect, in anfwer to the prayer of Elijah, both in judgment and in mercy. " He prayed "• earneftly that it might not rain ; and it rained " not on the earth by the fpace of three years and " fix months. And he prayed again, and the . " heaven gave rain, and the earth... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1802 - 460 pages
...prayer : James, v. i7. " Ellas was a man fubject to like paffions as we are, and he prayed earneftly that it might not rain, and it rained not on the earth by the fpace of three years and fix months ; and he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1802 - 600 pages
...James, chap. v. 17, 18. " Elias was a man fuhject to like " paflions as we are, and he prayed earnellly that it might *' not rain : and it rained not on the earth by the fpace ot " three years and fix months. And he prayed again, and " the heaven gave rain, and the earth... | |
 | Ely Bates - 1804 - 422 pages
...of my wrath *. To which I shall only add another passage from the New Testament : Elias, it is said, was a man subject to like passions as we are, and...heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit -f-. And though it must at once be acknowledged, that no one at present living can be compared with... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...for another, that ye may be healed. Tue effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...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,... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1805 - 192 pages
...and xxxv. 3. Eiias or Elijah was a very eminent prophet ; a man of a quick and passionate temper. " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit." Innumerable almost are the instances of David's crying to God for relief, and of God's hearing him.... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 534 pages
...REFLECTIONS. 1. \/\7"E have here an instance of the great efficacy of fervent VY prayer. James v. 17. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are...might not rain, and it rained not on the earth by the s/iace of three years and âx month». 7'Af fervent /trayer of this righteous man availed much, not... | |
 | 1806 - 678 pages
...discomfited the mighty hosts of the Philistines, when they were ready to overwhelm the Israelites. " Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are ; and he prayed earnestly that is might not rain, and it rained not for the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again,... | |
 | Ely Bates - 1807 - 426 pages
...passage from the New Testament ; Elias, it is said, was a man subject to like passions as we eire, and he 'prayed earnestly that it might not rain ;...heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit -\~. And though it must at once be acknowledged, that no one at present living can l)e compared with... | |
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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... 
