 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...author. ' Oh that I were as in months pajt, as in the days when God preserved me: when his candle ihined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness: when the Almighty пая yet with me; when my children were about me ; when I washed my steps with... | |
 | 1805 - 672 pages
...my unhappy state, and reflect upon iny departed pleasures. " Oh that I were us in months past, as ID the days •when God preserved me; when his candle shined upon my lit M'l, and when by his light I walked through darkness." Bui changes are not peculiar to a solitary... | |
 | Thomas Wilson - 1812 - 188 pages
...appointed to die. Prayer of Job longing for the pleasures and comforts' of piety to return to his soul. " O that I were as in months past ; as in the days when Got' preserved me." " When his candle shined upon my head ; and whejk ky his light I walked through... | |
 | John Millard - 1813 - 704 pages
...recollection of past happiness is thus elegantly exhibited by the sacred author of the book of JOB. Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me ; when 1 washed my steps in butter, and the rocks poured me out rivers of oil. When the ear heard me, it blessed... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - 1813 - 712 pages
...recollection of past happiness is thus elegantly exhibited by the sacred author of the book of JOB. Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me ; when I ivashed my steps in butter, and the rocks poured me out rivers of oil. When the ear heard me, it... | |
 | John Stanford - 1814 - 450 pages
...above many, if indeed you have no occasion for repentance. Some of you may. have just reason to say : Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me! my soul desireth the first ripe fruit. Under this decline of your affections, be not discouraged. The... | |
 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 pages
...understanding. CHAP. XXIX. Job's fornwr prosperity. Mo RED v EH, Job continued his parable, and said, 2 Oh, that I were as in. months past, as in the days •ahen God preserved me : 3 When his candle shined upon ray head, and when by his light I walked ihrough... | |
 | 1842 - 612 pages
...Job experienced, when he cried out in the bitterness of his soul — " Oh that it were as in mouths past — as in the days when God preserved me; " When his candle shmed upon my head — and when by his light I walked through darkness. " As I was in the days of my... | |
 | William Bates - 1815 - 530 pages
...peace of heart ? How passionately do they cry out with Job in the book of his patience, " O that I was as in months past, as in the days when God preserved...youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle!" Job 29. 2, 3. And sometimes God delays the revealing himself even to his dearest children ; not that... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - 508 pages
...grace of God, and his special presence in holy duties ; or have not occasion to say with Job, O that it -were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me : When his candle shined upon my head, and, by his lig-ht I walked through darkness, Job xxix. 2, 3. Moreover, we are to enquire, whether we do... | |
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Oh that I were as in months past, As in the days when God preserved me ; When his candle shined upon my head, And when by his light I walked through darkness... 
