 | John Flavel - Conversion - 1689 - 412 pages
...and holy God he had to do, cried out, Job 40 : 4, 5, " Behold, I am vile ; what shall I answer thee ? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken,...answer ; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further." That is, I am silent ; Lord, I have done : I could answer men, but I cannot answer thee ; thou art... | |
 | William Giles - Christian life - 1804 - 280 pages
...character for a sinful wretch to cry, ' Behold, I am vile ; what shall I answer thee ? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken ; but I will...answer : yea, twice ; but I will proceed no further — Enter not into judgment with thy servant : for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.'... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 506 pages
...LORD, and said, Behold, I am vile ; what shall I answer thee ? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken ; but I will not answer : yea, twice ; but I will proceed Ho further. Job acknowledges his -vileness ; that he had said much aniist, but neither drfmds re, nor... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1806 - 270 pages
...again to the Lord. Job xl. 4, 5. Behold, I am vile, what shall I answer thee ? I will lay my Jvand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken, but I will not answer ; yea, twice but I will proceed no further. Micahvii. 9. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned." In all our sorrows, we... | |
 | Laurence Howel - Bible - 1807 - 588 pages
...exclaims, " Behold I am vile and contemptible 4 ' in comparison of thee ? What shall I answer thee ? I " will lay my hand upon my mouth : once have I spoken,...answer : yea, twice, but I will proceed " no further."! Then Job proceeded to a more ample confession of the supremacy, power, and wisdom of God, to this effect... | |
 | Bible - 1809 - 556 pages
...thy majesty : nor do I know what to answer ; and therefore I will hold my peace. Ver. 5. Once have 1 spoken, but I -will not answer : yea twice, but I will proceed no farther.] I have said too much already, in speaking only these two words to thee : but 1 have done;... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - Christian life - 1810 - 342 pages
...true, thit he rises by repentance. * Behold I am vile,' saith he, •o ' what shall I answer thee ? I will lay my hand upon my mouth : once have I spoken,...answer, yea twice, but I will proceed no further. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye seeth thee : wherefore I abhor myself,... | |
 | Thomas Bradbury - Baptism - 1810 - 324 pages
...thinking, with the blushes and pains of a penitent. Behold I am. vile, what shall I answer thee r 1 will lay my hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken,...will not answer, yea twice, but I will proceed no farther. He ascribes it to God as a prerogative, I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no... | |
 | Robert Trail - 1810 - 530 pages
...their hands upon their mouths and speak no more. Behold I am vile, saith Job, what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken, but I will not answer; yea, twice, but 1 will proceed no further. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee,... | |
 | Thomas Gisborne - Christian ethics - 1810 - 446 pages
...Then Job answered the Lord, and said ; Behold. I am vile : what shall I answer thee ? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken ; but I will not answer : yea twice, but I will pro^ ced no farther (c). Observe the powerful influence of Discontent on Morality. A tree may exhaust... | |
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Behold I am vile ; what shall I answer thee ? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken ; but I will not answer : yea, twice ; but I will proceed no further. 
