 | Ralph Erskine - Sermons - 1796 - 512 pages
...as it was 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
...prefent with us, brcaufe he is concealed from us. ' Oh that 1 knew where ? I might find him ! (ftys Job.) Behold < I go forward, but he is not there;...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,... | |
 | William Enfield, John Aikin - Sermons, English - 1798 - 488 pages
...difcern the wifdom and kindnefs of the Divine appointments concerning them, and are ready to fay, with Job, " Behold, I go forward, but he is not there,...I cannot perceive him ; on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him; he hideth himfelf on the right hand, that I cannot fee him :" even... | |
 | Ebenezer Erskine - Sermons - 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 him : on the left hand where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himfelf on the right hand, that I cannot fee him. O... | |
 | 1802 - 502 pages
...it their greateft grief. Thus, in particular circumftances, it is the language of Job : " Be" hold, I go forward, but he is " not there ; and, backward, but " I cannot perceive him ; on the i' left hand, where he doth work, " but I cannot behold him ; he •' hideth himfelf on the right "... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 338 pages
...lefs prefent 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...he does work, but I cannot behold him : He hideth himfelf on the right' hand that I cannot fe» him.'i In fhort, reafon as well as revelation affure... | |
 | Joseph Addison - Apologetics - 1801 - 402 pages
...us, becaufe he is concealed from us. ' O that I knew ' where I might find him !' fays Job. ' Be' hold I go forward, but he is not there ; ' and backward,...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.aflures... | |
 | Samuel Carr - Sermons, English - 1801 - 390 pages
...will adore the God that preserves him, though, like Job, he cannot find him but in his effects : " Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; " and...cannot perceive him; on " the left hand, where he doth work, but I can" not behold him ; he hideth himself on the V right hand, that I cannot see him... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 280 pages
...Whilst we q.re in the body he is not less present with us because he is concealed from us. ' O that I knew where I might find him!' says Job. ' Behold...there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: on tlie left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself 011 the right hand that... | |
 | William Shaw - Authors, English - 1802 - 224 pages
...providence. Nature and God are synonymous terms. " Doth not nature herself teach," said the Apostle, " Behold I go forward, but he is not " there ; and backward,...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."... | |
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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... 
