...with Job, when, in great afflicVum, he cries unto the Lord, and he does not regard him ; " 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 be- • hold him; he- -hideth him felt on the right hand,...

...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 himfelf on the right hand that 1 cannot fee him." In fhcrt, rcafon as well as revelation, aflure us, that he cannot be abfent from...

...and kindnefs of the Divine appointments concerning them, and are ready to fay, with Job, " Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but...hideth himfelf on the right hand, that I cannot fee him :" even at fuch feafons the upright and virtuous may confole themfelves with the thought, that they...

...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...himfelf on the right hand, that I cannot fee him. O that I knew where I might find him !" 2. A wildernefs is a mifty and foggy place, where noifome fleams...

...Job, that eminent faint, making that very fame complaint, Job xxiii. 8, 9. " Behold, I go forward, but I cannot perceive him : On the left hand where he doth work, but 1 cannot behold him ; he hideth himfelf on the right hand that 1 cannot fee him." "\Vhere we fee, he...

...that eminent faint, making that very fame complaint, Job xxiii. 8, 9. " Behold, I go •forward, but 1 cannot perceive him : On the left hand where he doth work, but 1 cannot behold him ; he hidcth himfclf on the right hand that I cannot fee him." "Where we fee, he...

...famish." At this moment I am in a great strait, thy way is 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 :...

...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 "...

...spirit, does not stand in our fancied relation of place. " Behold I go forward, but he is not there ; backward, but I cannot perceive him ; on the left hand where he doeth work, but I cannot behold him. He hideth himself on the T t 2 right right hand, that I cannot...

...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 backward,...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 :" and yet " the...