 | Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - Christian martyrs - 1871 - 720 pages
...There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor' (Job. iii. 17, 18). ' But He knoweth the way that I take : when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot hath held His steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. Neither have I gone back... | |
 | Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himfelf on the right hand, that I cannot fee him : 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I fhail come forth as gold. 1 1 fl My foot hath held his fteps, his way have I kept> and not declined.... | |
 | 1789 - 428 pages
...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*." In fhort, reafon as well as revelation aflures us that HE cannot be abfent * Job... | |
 | Missions - 1807 - 672 pages
...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 his presence : when I consider, I am afraid of him : for God maketh my heart... | |
 | Richard Davies - Quakers - 1794 - 200 pages
...and he that bath clean hands Jhall be Jlronger and Jtronger, Job xvii. 9. I might alfo fay with Job, But he kno•weth the way that I take, when he hath tried me, I Jhall come forth as gold : my foot hath held his Jleps ; his -way have I keptt and not declined ; neither... | |
 | Sarah Martin - 1799 - 152 pages
...greatly hid. I feel ready to say with Job, "I cannot perceive him on the left hand, where he doth work ; he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot...I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." August 2. '* Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in... | |
 | John Flavel - 1799 - 684 pages
...thro' him «* that hath loved us." Here is an afiured triumph before the ccmbat. So Job xxiii. to. "But he knoweth the way that I take ; «« when he hath tried me, I fhall come forth as gold." ~ He appeals to God for the fincerity of his heart fo far as he had hitherto... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 266 pages
...he is not there; and b,ackwa.rd, 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 cannot see him.' In short, reason as well as revelation assures us that he cannot be absent from us, notwithstanding... | |
 | William Shaw - Authors, English - 1802 - 228 pages
...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." We cannot conceive of the Deity without personification, and though the bible ascribeth to him eyes;,... | |
 | 1842
...conviction that his heavenly Father had a purpose of mercy concerning him : he says, concerning the Lord, " But he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." (Job xxiii. 10.)* 2. Hope. We next pray for an increase of the grace of hope. Hope is that... | |
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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. 
