 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
 | David Williamson (minister, of Whitehaven.) - 1792 - 448 pages
...heavier than my groaning. O that I knew where I might find him that Imigbt come even to his feat: Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ', and backward,...but I cannot perceive him. On the left hand, where be doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hidtth himfelf on the right hand, that I cannot fee him.... | |
 | John Farquhar (minister at Nigg.) - 1792 - 464 pages
...his prayers, and fay, is it poffible for your hearts to be urraffected, uninterefted, uninflamed ? O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come, unto him, even unto his feat0! I believe there are very few readers of the gofpel who will not allow... | |
 | 1807 - 672 pages
...tried him by withdrawing his presence, and hiding his face from them. He says, therefore, — " Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. Therefore am I troubled at... | |
 | Oliver Heywood - 1796 - 272 pages
...to-day is my complaint bitter; my ftroke is heavier than ..>..>{»...4.. than my groaning. Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but...himfelf on the right hand, that I cannot fee him. Oh that I knew where I might find him!' You ought, my dear friend, to keep in mind the neceflary diftinftionwe... | |
 | Oliver HEYWOOD - 1796 - 274 pages
...is my complaint bitter ; my ftroke is heavier than •»-» ;-«.-«•. than my groaning. Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward,...hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hidethhimfelf on the right hand, that I cannot fee him. Oh that I knew where I might find him !' You... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1796 - 210 pages
...with us, becaufe he is concealed from us. ' O that I knew where I might find him ! fays Job. Behold I go forward, 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 himfelf on the right hand, that I cannot fee him.' In... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1796 - 512 pages
...with Job, when, in great afflicVum, he cries unto the Lord, and he does not regard him ; " 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 be- • hold him; he- -hideth him felt on the right hand,... | |
 | 1797 - 680 pages
...forward, 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 himfelf on the right hand that 1 cannot fee him." In fhcrt, rcafon as well as revelation, aflure us, that he cannot be abfent from... | |
 | Ebenezer Erskine - 1798 - 630 pages
...to turn them, when Chrift is away. Hence is that of Job, chap. xxiii. 8. 9. " Behold, I go fdrward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive...I cannot fee him. O that I knew where I might find him !" 2. A wildernefs is a mifty and foggy place, where noifome fleams and vapours, arifmg out of... | |
 | William Enfield, John Aikin - 1798 - 488 pages
...and kindnefs of the Divine appointments concerning them, and are ready to fay, with Job, " Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but...hideth himfelf on the right hand, that I cannot fee him :" even at fuch feafons the upright and virtuous may confole themfelves with the thought, that they... | |
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