 | Joseph Field - God - 1811 - 358 pages
...avenge them speedily." Add to these the instances. recorded of God's interposing in answer to prayer. " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit," From these scripture hints if O o will, perhaps, be inferred, that God may be influenced by men, especially... | |
 | Joseph Field - God - 1811 - 356 pages
...'. them speedily." Add to these the instances recorded of God's interposing in answer to prayer. " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...earnestly that it might not rain ; and it rained not oh the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again and the heaven gave rain,... | |
 | Universalism - 1812 - 292 pages
...wrought by the Prophet Elijah are remarkably similar to those above quoted. St. James says chap. v. 17, " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...earth by the space of three years and six months." It is worthy of notice that the time spoken of here should be the same as in Revelations before noticed.... | |
 | John Murray - Sermons, American - 1813 - 438 pages
...glory. It is remarkable, that the apostle James, v. 17, 18, speaking of the prophet of the LORD, says, " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...of three years and six months. And he prayed again, ar.d the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit." Yet the rain came not for-his sake,... | |
 | Samuel Miller - New York (N.Y.) - 1813 - 450 pages
...was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestlg that it might not rain ; ami it rained not on the earth by the space of three years...gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit*. Thus the fervent supplications of " righteous Lot" obtained deliverance for Zoar, when the Lord visited... | |
 | Missions - 1847 - 760 pages
...was fonnd on Israel's side; But when through weariness they fail'd, That moment Amalek prcvail'd." " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are...earnestly that it might not rain ; and it rained not upon tbe earth by the space of three years and six months; again he prayed, and the heavens gave forth... | |
 | Samuel Miller - 1813 - 448 pages
...implies, to those around him. Elias was a man subject to like pussions as we are, and he prayed earnestlg that it might not rain ; and it rained not on the...by the space of three years and six months. And he praged again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit*. Thus the fervent supplications... | |
 | John Wesley - 1813 - 470 pages
...pray one for another that ye may be healed — Of all your spiritual diseases. 18 not on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the land brought forth her fruit. 19 Brethren, if any one among you err from the truth, and 90 one convert... | |
 | Elias Boudinot - Bible - 1815 - 598 pages
...the despisers of its grace, as Elijah's prayers prevented the material rain in the days of Ahab.f " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...years and six months ; and he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain." J So by the prayers of Daniel, the captivity of Babylon was set at liberty, and... | |
 | 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....gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. James v. 17, 18. No one can suppose that the dearth here spoken of was separately the effect of the... | |
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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... 
