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... Sermons... - Page 177by Samuel Clarke - 1743Full view - About this book
| 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 - English prose literature - 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 Richardson - Quakers - 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... | |
| David Williamson (minister, of Whitehaven.) - France - 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.... | |
| Missions - 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...cannot behold him: he hideth 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... | |
| 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 - Sermons - 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,... | |
| English literature - 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... | |
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