 | John Langhorne - 1802 - 310 pages
...another of his fpeeches there is a paffage much to the fame purpofc. •" O that I knew where I might f find him, that I might come even to his feat, " I would order my caufe before him !" There is ,no doubt, Conftantia, that in thefe fentiments the Patriarch was animated by the fuffrage... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 454 pages
...of a suffering saint, seems now to have been denied to Job : for he says, ver. 3 and 4, " Oh, that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments." And ver. 8, 9, " Behold,... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...iniquity, I do no more. From the samf. I would seek unto God, and unto God would I cominit my cause. O that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! Will he plead against me with his groat power? No ; but he would put strength in me. Behold,... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 506 pages
...consolations, I still have reason to complain : my stroke is heavier than I 9 my groaning can express. Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat ! The name <f God is omitted to increase the paihos. If he will not come down to me, I would go... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1806 - 508 pages
...prcferved blamelefs unto the coming of our Lord Jefus Chrift. b Matt. 6. 13. c Job 13. 3, 4. O that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his feat ! I would order my can: before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. Jer. £4. so, 21. petitions with arguments0, which... | |
 | Laurence Howel - 1807 - 588 pages
...and not " fear him. Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I " desire to reason with God. O that I knew where I " might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! " I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth " with arguments. Behold my desire is... | |
 | Joseph Washburn, Asahel Hooker - 1807 - 386 pages
...duty of pray-er, but to receive the spirit of it. Their language is N ** . :. with Job, " Oh, that I knew where I might find him*, that I might come, even unto his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with ai%|» merits." They desire... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - 1808 - 426 pages
...attempt to pray, but all in vain. They will be constrained to use the emphatic language of Job, " O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat ! Behold, I go forward, but he is not there , and backward, but I cannot perceive htm -, ou the... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 332 pages
...sore trial, as we may find from the language of those who have experienced it. " O," says Job, " that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat. Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him. On the left... | |
 | Robert Traill - 1810 - 600 pages
...For here it is you have the only true, and new place to find God in. Job in his distress said, O that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to hit seat, or throne ! Job xxiii. 3. He is only to be found in Christ. God dwelleth in Christ, Col.... | |
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Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 
