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... Fifteen Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel - Page 257by Joseph Butler - 1726 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
| Joseph Priestley - 1782 - 458 pages
...fays, ch. xxiii. 3. Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his feat. Behold I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive him ; en the left hand, where he doth work, but I eannot behold him. He hideth himfelf on the right hand,... | |
| 1783 - 360 pages
...forward but he is not there ; and backward, but 1 cannot perceive him. On the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himfelf on the right hand that I cannot fee him." In fhort, reafon, as well as revelation allures us, that he cannot be abfent from us, notwithiiand.... | |
| 1783 - 360 pages
...us, beciufc he is concealed from us. 1 " Î that I knevv where 1 might find him ! fays Job. Behold, I go forward 'but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him- On/ the. ' Itfî hand, where he docs work, but I cannot behold him : he hi ieth himiblf on the right hand that... | |
| Robert Miln - 1786 - 434 pages
...entire ftrangers to the manner of his agency. This is well exprefled by an antient writer, * Behold I go forward, but he is not there, and backward but I cannot ferceive him. On the left hand where he doth work? but I cannot behold him : he hideth -him' felf on... | |
| William Huntington - 1788 - 488 pages
...therefore put me in afuretj with thee. And now where wilt thou go ? O let me go to the throne of grace. O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his featt What do you want to get there for, Job ? Why to get away from a throne of judgment, from the... | |
| 1788 - 598 pages
...There the righteous might difpute with him j fo fhould 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 himfelf on the right... | |
| 1789 - 428 pages
...HE. is concealed from us. " O that I knew where I might " findniM!" fays Job. "Behold I go for ward, but " HE is not there; and backward, but I cannot " perceive HIM: on the left hand, where HE " does work, but I cannot behold HIM : HE " hideth HIMSELF on the right hand that I can" not fee HIM*."... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 1058 pages
...becaufe he is concealed from us. ' Oh that I knew where • I might find him ! (fays Job.) Behold « I go forward, but he is not there ; and • backward,...cannot perceive him : • on the left hand, where he does werk, • but I cannot behold him: he hideth him• felf on the right hand that I cannot fee '... | |
| John Fletcher - 1790 - 464 pages
...like ourfelves, and we may have accefs to him. We need not fay with Job, Ch. xxiii. 3, &c. Oh! that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come, even to his feat ! I would order my caufe before him, and fill my mouth with arguments ; t would know the words... | |
| John Richardson - 1791 - 264 pages
...precious than gold. The excellent fayings of Job came into my mind, " Behold, I go *' forward, but be is not there ; and backward, but I .** cannot perceive...I cannot behold him : He hideth himfelf on *' the fight hand, that 1 cannot fee him." Job xxiii. 9, 9. And then in verfe the joth, he, like a man in... | |
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