 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
 | 1803 - 488 pages
...ifl'ue of all for God's glory, and my own belt good." Chap, xxiii. S, o, IO. " Behold, I go forwardfbut he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him ; on the left ha;;d, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him ; he hideth himftlf on the right Innd, that I cannot... | |
 | Alexander Macwhorter - Presbyterian Church - 1803 - 524 pages
...mournful language of Job, " Be " hold, tot go forward but he is not there, and backward, but " tve cannot perceive him ; on the left hand where he doth « work, but vie cannot behold him, he hideth himfelf on the " right hand, that 'uit cannot fee him." " O that we... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1804 - 828 pages
...now underftand, I dare fay, more perfectly than you ever did before, the penfive language of Job, " 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." This is very much your own cafe. It is a fad one, but you wil! not, I... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...seat ! Will he plead against me with his groat power? No ; but he would put strength in me. Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward,...hand. where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideih himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: but he knoweth the way that I take : when... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...with us because he is concealed from us. ' O that I knew where I might find him '.' says 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 himself on the ritiht hand that I cannot see him.' In... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...with us, because he is concealed from us. " O that I knew where I might find him ! (says 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 himself on the jight-hand, that... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 506 pages
...argue my cause, and be delivered from hit condemning sentence. But my | wishes are vain j for Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there ;] and backward, but I cannot perceive him ; though he is every lohere present, yet I cannot tee him appearing to plead for me f I am to hurried... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - Baptists - 1807 - 546 pages
...complain thut he who should comfort their souls is far from them. I go forward, says the deserted soul, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him ; on the left hand where he doth work, but 1 cannot behold him : he hidelh himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. This thought then... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 494 pages
...with us because he is concealed from us. ' O that I knew where I might find him !' says Job. ' Behold I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward,...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 cannot see him.' In... | |
 | Joseph Washburn, Asahel Hooker - Congregational churches - 1807 - 386 pages
...possessed of a desire, yet unable to approach him"jBehold," says he,"Igo forward, but he is not there: backward, but I cannot perceive him. On the left hand,...he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him." In this situation he exclaims, as in the text, "... | |
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