...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...

...The 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 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...

...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 even to his " seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my " mouth with arguments." And this is made peculiarly...

...despise 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 even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments :" — "Will he plead against...

...say with Job, "I go forward but he is not there, and backward but I cannot perceive him — 0 that I knew where I might find him, that I might come, even to his seat." In this situation how important is a faithful spiritual guide — one who knows how to speak a wordin...

...of those who have been thus led before you. Consider the remarkable language of Job : ' Oh, that 1 knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat!' that is, I wish to understand the cause : but, while ' I would fill my mouth with arguments' upon it,...

...time, nor shrunk from the effort, required in drawing nigh unto God. When he exclaimed, ' Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to his seal!' he would have gladly gone any where to find God. If ' His seat' had been on the loftiest and...

...ardently desired to draw near to God, and to have clear views of his supreme excellence. He says, " O that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come near unto his seat ! Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot find him....

...hides his face, who then can behold him? This was the affecting cause of Job's extreme depression. 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 him : on the left hand...