 | Martin Luther - 1824 - 588 Seiten
...; which is the case with many weak and foolish ones. For, bringing forward an example, he saith, " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit," ver. 17, 18. And the scripture furnishes... | |
 | Jacob Catlin - 1824 - 314 Seiten
...plentiful rain. But the drought and the rain were according to the prayers of the prophet Elijah. " Elijah 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." Hearing the prayers of Elijah -was not the... | |
 | 1824 - 462 Seiten
...for another, that ye may be healed. The 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,... | |
 | John Flavel - 1824 - 416 Seiten
...the natural clouds, and cause them either to give out or withhold their influences. James v. 17, 18. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...rained not on the earth by the space of three years ami six months ; and he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit."... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 Seiten
...the kingdom, which he hath promised to them who love him ? — J;,mes ii. 5. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Elias was...earnestly that it might not rain, and it rained not, &c. And he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. — James... | |
 | 1877 - 350 Seiten
...rebellious children of Israel were repeatedly spared. And what wonders prayer wrqught for Elijah! " He prayed earnestly that it might not rain ; and it...years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the •earth brought forth fruit." And we might refer to other Old Testament... | |
 | 1869 - 346 Seiten
...up to hcavmi." Verily " men ought always to pray, and not to taint." Hear the inspired apostle : " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...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 heaven gave rain, and the earth brought... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 602 Seiten
...these declarations, St. James adduces the example of Elijah ; who, although a frail man, like others, ' prayed earnestly, that it might not rain, and it rained...years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.' These great effects, it is to be remembered,... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 Seiten
...who love him ? — James ii. 5. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Klias was a man subject to like passions as we are ; and...earnestly that it might not rain, and it rained not, &c. And he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. — James... | |
 | Colin McIver - 1824 - 434 Seiten
...prophet Elijah. During the tyranny of the cruel and persecuting Ahab, the Heavens were shut, that " it rained not on the earth " by the space of three years and six months." At the period of this long continued drought, and the consequent famine, the pious Obadiah is introduced... | |
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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... 
