 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 behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when...  The Spectator. ... - Page 561789Full view - About this book
 | George Bennet - 1800 - 442 pages
...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 338 pages
...becaufe he is concealed from us. "O that I knew where I might find him ! fays Job. Behold I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward", but I cannot...he does work, but I cannot behold him : He hideth himfelf on the right' hand that I cannot fe» him.'i In fhort, reafon as well as revelation affure... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 402 pages
...is concealed from us. ' O that I knew ' where I might find him !' fays Job. ' Be' hold I go forward, but he is not there ; ' and backward, but I cannot...does ' work, but I cannot behold him : he ' hideth himfelf on the right hand, that I ' cannot fee him.' In fhort, reafon as well as revelation.aflures... | |
 | Samuel Carr - 1801 - 390 pages
...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, but I cannot perceive 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... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 266 pages
...is concealed from us. ' O that I knew where I might find him !' says Job. *• Behold I go forward, but he is not there; and b,ackwa.rd, 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,... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1802 - 626 pages
...4hou hearest not ; and in the night season, and am not silent^ ; or that of Job, Behold 1 go forward, but he is 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... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1802 - 644 pages
...thou hearest not ; and in the mght season, and am not silent^ ; or that of Job, Behold 1 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 behold him ; he hidelh himself on the right hand that I cannot ste him\. So... | |
 | William Shaw - 1802 - 228 pages
...God are synonymous terms. " Doth not nature herself teach," said the Apostle, " 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 behold him : he hideth himself on the " right hand that I cannot see him."... | |
 | John Wilkins - 1802 - 294 pages
...the north. You may see all of them put together in that place of Job § : Behold I go forward, and he is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive him ; on the left hand, where he doth work, but 1 cannot * Job. xxxviii. 4. Ps. cii. 25. f Ps. cxxxvi. 6. xxiv. 3. i Subtil. Exercit.... | |
 | William Shaw - 1802 - 224 pages
...but he is not " there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive " him : on the left hand where he doth work, but " I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the " right hand that I cannot see him." We cannot conceive of the Deity without personification, and though the bible ascribeth... | |
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