 | Elias Boudinot - Bible - 1815 - 600 pages
...prayers prevented the material rain in the days of Ahab.f " Elias was a man subject to like pissions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain ; and it rained not on the earth by the ipace of three years and six months ; and he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain."! So by the prayers... | |
 | Jesse Kersey - Society of Friends - 1815 - 130 pages
...condition of the prophet Elijah, who " prayed earnestly that it might not rain ; and it rained not upon 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. James v. 17, 18. No one can suppose that the... | |
 | William Huntington - 1815 - 494 pages
..." Elias was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed that it might not rain, and it rained not by the space of three years and six months ; and he prayed again, and the Lord sent rain." And how was I enabled to persevere in it; and how glad on Sunday morning to see it... | |
 | Jean Calvin - Reformed Church - 1816 - 524 pages
...will be heard but such as have been once already heard. How much more properly does James say? " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and...years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit." (t/) What? does he infer any peculiar privilege... | |
 | 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 - Congregational churches - 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...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,... | |
 | 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, and...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... | |
 | Unitarianism - 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
...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, and...years and six months; and he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit "— Now, if an individual was heard in his... | |
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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... 
