 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...  The Spectator - Page 373by Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811Full view - About this book
 | 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 - Presbyterianism - 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...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness ; as I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle!" Job 29. 2, 3. And... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - Presbyterianism - 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... | |
 | Early printed books - 1815 - 872 pages
...understanding. 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,... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...and to depart 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... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - 512 pages
...special presence in holy duties ; or have not occasion to say with Job, O that it were as in months fast, as in the days when God preserved me : When his candle shined upon my head, and, by his light I walked through darkness, Job xxix, 2, 3. Moreover, \ve are to enquire, whether we do... | |
 | 1815 - 556 pages
...pathetic words : " Oh, that I were as ip months past ; in the days when God preserved me ; w,heii hia candle shined upon my head ; and when, by his light, I walked through darkness," Job,xxix. g, 3. Much anguish and trouble o,f mind did that good man suffer ; but he knew that his Redeemer... | |
 | Daniel de Superville - Sermons, English - 1816 - 436 pages
...adorned 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 - Funeral sermons - 1817 - 306 pages
...your present 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...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness !" You then could say, it was sweeter to you to converse upon the dying love of a Savaour, than your... | |
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