...backward but I cannot perceive him. On ie left hand where he doth work, but 1 canit behold him. 5. I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments, were I permitted to approach the throne of grace, and make known my complaint. 6. With full confidence...

...fathers full of years and full of honours. William, however, continued in deep sorrow, saying, " 0 that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even...cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments." The Clergyman of the parish, who seems to have been one of those Mr. Wesley calls " promise-mongers,"...

...earth, this I would account but ease. The language of my heart was, " Oh that I knew where I might >iind HIM, that I might come even to HIS seat? I would order...cause before HIM, and fill my mouth with arguments. Behold I go forward but he is not there ; and backward but I cannot perceive him — on the left hand...

...misery : and hence, in all the anguish of a woundedspirit, I could scarcely forbear to exclaim, ' O that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ' He seems to plead against me with his great power, I go forward, but he is not there ; backwards,...

...sensible manifestation of his presence which is ordinarily afforded to tenants of the flesh: "Oh, that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his teat!—Behold I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: on the left...

...first great question is, Where may I find God? This -was Job's question and wish: Job xxiii. 3. O that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat.' And that this seat was a throne of grace to Job, is evident from ver. 6. This text tells you, God is...

...solicitude becoming the occasion of his suit, breaks forth into that beautiful effusion of Job—" Oh, that I knew " where I might find him ! that I might come...cause before him, and fill my " mouth with arguments." And this is made peculiarly his duty by the economy of the Gospel. All its promises are suspended on...

...languishing prayer ! The afflicted patriarch, mourning the absence of a gracious God, exclaimed, " O that I knew where I might find Him! that I might come even to his seat!" — Is this your cry? Then be of good courage, for the light of the Gospel shews you where and how...

...way to recover them to their first strength, is to say, " I will go even to the seat of God. I will order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. I will know the words which he will answer me, and understand what he will say unto me. Will he plead...

...the chastening of the Lord, he can appropriate the language of the afflicted patriarch; — "O that I knew where I might find him ; that I might come...cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments :" — "Will he plead against me with his great power ? No ; but he would put strength in me." Supported...