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22 ;.ucIo7re Ç, But come we to the aire. Elias being a man fubjeai to the like pals' with us(which the Apoffle James noteth chap. 5. 17,18. that we might in like manner hope to be heard) prayed a prayer, that is, prayed effectually , that it might not rain, and it rained not on the earth for three yeares and fix moneths: and he prayedagain,and the heavens ( that is,the aire) gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. Concerning fire, we have two examples of the fame Elias: the former, r,Kings r8. where by pray- er he brought down fire from heaven to confume the facrifice : the latter, 2.Kings r. where alto by prayer he brought down fire from heaven to de- ftroy the two captains with their fifties. t. of the But leaving the elements, let us in our cogitations heavens and afcend into heaven. For moll admirable is that ex- ample Jofh. r O. r5. where at the prayer of Joflhua ( for he is Paid to have fpoken to the Lord, and the Lord to have hearkened to his voice) the funne good f ll in the midde.Ft of heaven for thefpace of one whale day, untilithe Ifraelites were avenged on their enemies. And no leffe admirable is that example of the Pro- phet Ifaiah , 2. Kings 20. r r . at whofe prayer not onely the fhadow in the funne-diall but the funne it f elf in the firmament went back ten degrees,Ifa.38. 8. Eccles 48.23. Neither is the effi:cacie of prayer feen upon thofe creatures alone which are without fenfe, but upon thofe alto which are indued with fenfe and reafon. Jonah when he was fwallowed up of the whale, and lay in the belly thereof as in a grave for the fpace of three dayes and three nights, having cried to the Lord of the effcacioufnef of prayer. heavenly bodies.