...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...