 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when...  Select British Classics - Page 471803Full view - About this book
 | 1808 - 632 pages
...who said, ' 1 know that ray Redeemer liveth,' said afterwards, in respect to providential dealings, 'Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him.' — ' O that it were now with me as in times past, when his candle shined upon ray head! and when,... | |
 | William Jay - 1812 - 284 pages
...guide who could not lead Mm astray. And thus Job relieved his mind, under a pressure of perplexity. " Behold, I go forward, but he " is not there, and backward, but 1 cannot perceive him; " on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot " behold him : he hideth... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1813 - 790 pages
...those affections raised to the highest pitch. He is not indeed to be discerned by any of our senses. " I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward,...I cannot perceive him : On the left hand where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. O... | |
 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 pages
...come, even to his seat ! 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth "with arguments. 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there : and backward, but I cannot perceive him :. 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he. hideth himself on the right... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him ; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : , 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 640 pages
...complaining, " Why standest thou afar off, O Lord '{" " Why hidest thou thyself in time of trouble?" " Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him :" " O that I knew where I might find him !" " My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me!" — And... | |
 | 1815 - 398 pages
...shall I love him? How low must a man have sunk ere a doubt could have suggested itself. But you say, '-I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I eannot perccive him." Î strange perversion of reason! Is it not enough that he is omnipresent, and... | |
 | Cotton Mather - 1815 - 378 pages
...even therefore mount upward, in acknowledgment of the God who orders it. I will no longer complain, Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but Tcannot perceive him - t on the left hand, where He doth work, but I cannot behold Him ; He hideth... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 572 pages
...wish to understand the cause : but, while / would fill my mouth with arguments upon it, yet, says he, behold! I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left-hand where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right-hand, that I... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...While we are in the body he is not less present with us, because he is concealed from us. ' Oh that I ' knew where I might find him ? (says ' Job). Behold I go forward, but he is ' Dot there ; and backward, but 1 cannot « perceive him : on the left hand, where « he does work,... | |
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