 | Joseph Butler - Sermons, English - 1726 - 340 pages
...work, but I cannot behold him : He hideth himfelf on the right hand, that I cannot fee him. O that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his Seat ! * But is He indeed afar off? Does he not fill Heaven and Earth with his Prefence > The Prefence of... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - Philosophy - 1777 - 424 pages
...thefea, even there Jhall thine hand lead me, and thy right hand foall hold me. Job fays, ch. xxiii. 3, Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his feat. Behold I go -forward, but he is not there, and backward but I cannot perceive him; on the left... | |
 | Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...thine hands. CHAP. XXII[. THEN Job anfwered and {'aid, 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter : my ftroke is heavier than my groaning. 3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his feat .' 4 I would order my caufe before him, and fill my mouth with arguments, 5 I would know the words... | |
 | Missions - 1807 - 672 pages
...29Sth chapters: — "Even to-day is my complaint bitter ; my stroke is heavier than my groaning. O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments." It is not likely that mere... | |
 | 1804 - 498 pages
...aspirations of the heaven-bom soul ? We find, likewise, Job longing for communion with God ; "Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments." xxiii. 3, 4. In reference to... | |
 | John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 454 pages
...of a suffering saint, seems now to have been denied to Job : for he says, ver. 3 and 4, " Oh, that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments." And ver. 8, 9, " Behold, I... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...iniquity, I do no more. From the samf. I would seek unto God, and unto God would I cominit my cause. O that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! Will he plead against me with his groat power? No ; but he would put strength in me. Behold, I go... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 506 pages
...consolations, I still have reason to complain : my stroke is heavier than I 9 my groaning can express. Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat ! The name <f God is omitted to increase the paihos. If he will not come down to me, I would go up... | |
 | Laurence Howel - Bible - 1807 - 588 pages
...and not " fear him. Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I " desire to reason with God. O that I knew where I " might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! " I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth " with arguments. Behold my desire is that... | |
 | Joseph Washburn, Asahel Hooker - Congregational churches - 1807 - 386 pages
...intercession, alone, he expected access to God, and the throne of grace. Again, as in the text, " Oh, that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat .' I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments." The idea is, that he would... | |
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Oh that I knew where I might find him ! That I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, And fill my mouth with arguments. 
