 | 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... | |
 | Joseph Bellamy - Christian life - 1804 - 454 pages
...after further acquaintance with him, and greater nearness to him. Job xxiii. 3...0 that ] knew wherc I might find him, that I might come even to. his seat ! — Longings after communion with him. Psalm Ixiii. 1, 2....0 God, thou art my God ; early will I... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1806 - 508 pages
...body be prcferved blamelefs unto the coming of our Lord Jefus Chrift. b Matt. 6. 13. c Job 13. 3, 4. O that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his feat ! I would order my can: before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. Jer. £4. so, 21. petitions... | |
 | Laurence Howel - Bible - 1807 - 588 pages
...speak 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
...duty of pray-er, but to receive the spirit of it. Their language is N ** . :. with Job, " Oh, that I knew where I might find him*, that I might come, even unto his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with ai%|» merits." They desire... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - Baptists - 1808 - 428 pages
...attempt to pray, but all' in vain. They will be constrained to use the emphatic language of Job, " O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat ! Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him ; on the left... | |
 | Charles Buck - Christian ethics - 1808 - 332 pages
...The best are not always in the same frame. Holy Job knew what this was by experience, when he said, " O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat ; I would order my cause before him, I would fill my mouth with arguments." David complains of this... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - Presbyterian Church - 1808 - 454 pages
...that exclamation of Job,s is often SERMON drawn forth from the pious heart, O that I VI1' knew were I might find him, that I might come even to his seat ! *. Surrounded by such distressing obscurity, no hope more transporting can be opened to a good man,... | |
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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. 
