...but " 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...

...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...

...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 see him. But he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." August 2....

...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,...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,...

...forward, but 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...

...Job. xxxviii. 4. Ps. cii. 25. f Ps. cxxxvi. 6. xxiv. 2. I Subtil. Exercit. 67, § Job xxiii. 8. 9. behold him. He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. Which expressions are by some interpreters referred unto the four coasts of heaven, according to the...

...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 that all, whichlooked like religion, in your mind, shall seem as it were, to be melted into grief,...

...to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments." And ver. 8, 9, " Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward,...himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him." Job wanted to reason with God, one would suppose from these complaints, not being able to comprehend...

...forward, but 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 cannot see him." In short, reason as well as revelation assures us, that he cannot be absent from us, notwithstanding...

...possessed of a desire, yet unable to approach him"jBehold," says he,"Igo forward, but he is not there: backward, but I cannot perceive him. On the left hand,...himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him." In this situation he exclaims, as in the text, " Oh, that I knew where•.I might find him, that I...