 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...  The Evidences of the Christian Religion - Page 91by Joseph Addison - 1753 - 330 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Enfield, John Aikin - 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 - 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 "... | |
 | Samuel Carr - 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... | |
 | William Shaw - 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."... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1802 - 626 pages
...day-time, but 4hou hearest not ; and in the night season, and am not silent^ ; or that of Job, Behold 1 go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive him ; on the left hand where he doth work, but Icannot behold him ; he hideth himself on the right hand that I cannot see him\. So... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1802 - 644 pages
...day-time, but thou hearest not ; and in the mght season, and am not silent^ ; or that of Job, Behold 1 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 hidelh himself on the right hand that I cannot ste him\. So... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 280 pages
...less present 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 tlie left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself 011 the right hand that... | |
 | John Wilkins - 1802 - 294 pages
...the north. You may see all of them put together in that place of Job § : Behold I go forward, and he is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive him ; on the left hand, where he doth work, but 1 cannot * Job. xxxviii. 4. Ps. cii. 25. f Ps. cxxxvi. 6. xxiv. 3. i Subtil. Exercit.... | |
 | Andrew Lee - 1803 - 422 pages
...hidings of God's face, fo that they cannot difcover him. This made no fmall part of Job's trial — " Behold I go forward but he is not there ; and backward,...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." Could... | |
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