 | 1842 - 612 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John Stanford - 1814 - 450 Seiten
...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... | |
 | William Bates - 1815 - 530 Seiten
...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 me ; when his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness ; as I was in the days of my youth,... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - 508 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1815 - 614 Seiten
...from evil is understanding. CHAP. XXIX. MOREOVER Job continued his parable, and said, 2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; 4 As I was... | |
 | 1815 - 872 Seiten
...CHAP. XXIX. JOB'S JUSTICE AMD MEttCV. JOB farther, continued his speech, saying, 2. Oh! that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me ; 3. When his lamp of prosperity shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness,... | |
 | Daniel de Superville - 1816 - 436 Seiten
...their nature. We may apply to ourselves some of the recollections and regrets of Job : " O that I were as in months past, as in the days " when God preserved me ; as I was when the " Almighty was yet with me. I put on righteousness, " and it clothed me ; my judgment... | |
 | Seth Coleman, Nathan Perkins - 1817 - 306 Seiten
...exercises, and think if you haye not just reason to adopt the language of Job, and say, " 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 !" You then could say, it was... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1817 - 510 Seiten
...return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.' Cry out with Job, ' O 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 diirkness. As I was in the days of my youth,... | |
 | Peter Smith - 1818 - 510 Seiten
...deplorable fate, we may be apt to bemoan ourselves in the pathetic language of Job : " O 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. Whon the Almighty was yet with... | |
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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... 
