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Whereas God is great of himself and in himself; he is not ^orelatively, or comparatively, but he is simply and absolutely and infinitely great. So great, that ^pThe heavens, and the heavens of heavens are not able to h•ld him: but ^qHe filleth both heaven and earth. So great, that ^rHe meateth the heaven with his span; and taketh the whole sea up in the palm of his hand: that ^sall the world is with him but as a little dust that hangeth o• the balance and yet altereth not the weight, as a drop of water that falleth from the bucket, and yet minisheth not the measure: that ^tall the people in the world compared with him, are but as vanity and a thing of nothing; yea that ^uall the nations of the earth, if they be weighed against him, they are lighter then vanity and ^*less then nothing. ⟨p. 57⟩So great that there is no end of his greatness: ^xa straight line, saith one, of infinite length, returning into it self, and so making a circle: ^ya sphere, whose centre is every where, and the circumference of it no where, not to be found. So great, that his greatness cannot be comprehended: ^z