...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...

...forrow ? Even to-day is my complaint bitter; my ftroke is heavier than ..>..>{»...4.. than my groaning. Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward,...where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himfelf on the right hand, that I cannot fee him. Oh that I knew where I might find him!' You ought,...

...the wifdom 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,...where he doth work, but I cannot behold him; he hideth himfelf on the right hand, that I cannot fee him :" even at fuch feafons the upright and virtuous may...

...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...he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himfelf on the right hand, that I cannot fee him. O that I knew where I might find him !" 2. A wildernefs...

...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....

...confiding in the end and iflue cf all for God's glory, and my own beft good." Chap, xxiii. 8, 9, 10. " Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward,...he doth work, but I cannot behold him ; he -hideth himfelf en the right hand, that I cannot fee him : but he knowcth the way that I take ! when he hath...

...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,...

...inacceffible. O that I knew where I might find him ! Behold I go forward,\ but he is not there ; and hackward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himfelf on the right hand, that 1 cannot fee him, Job xxiii. 3, 8, 9. I fee his perfections beaming...

...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...