First, there is a general presence of God, and thus he 1is present with all Creatures; Whither shall I flee from thy presence? Empedocles the Philosopher said well, That God is a Circle, whose centre i• every where, and whose circumference is no where. God is included in no place, and excluded from no place, saith another, Non est ubi, ubi non est Deus. They could tell us that God is the soul of the World: and that as the soul is Tota in tot•, & tota in qualibet part, so is he; his eye is in every corner, &c. To which purpose they so portrayed their Goddess Minerva, that which way soever one cast his eye, she always beheld him. Though Heaven be Gods Palace, yet it is not his prison. Diana's Temple was burnt down, when she was busy at Alexander's ⟨p. 6⟩birth, and could not be at two places together, but God is present both in Paradise, and in the Wilderness at the same time. 1 Kings 8. 27. But will God indeed dwell on the Earth, behold the Heaven, and Heaven of Heavens 2cannot contain thee, how much less this House that I have builded. By the Heaven of Heavens is meant that which is by the learned called the Empyreal Heaven, where the Angels and the Saints departed do enjoy the glorious and beatifical vision of God; and it is called the Heaven of Heavens, both because it is the highest, and doth contain the other Heavens within its orb, and also by way of excellency, as the most holy place in the Temple 3is called the Holy of Holies, because it far surpasseth all the rest in splendour and glory. Jer. 23. 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I should not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill Heaven and Earth? saith the Lord. Prov. 15. 3. The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. God is [Greek or Hebrew], All-eye. The poor Heathen couly say, Deus intimior nobis intimo nostro. God is nearer to us than we are to our selves. Repletively he is every where, though inclusively no where. Job 34. 21. For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and be seeth all his goings. V. 22. There is no darkness, nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. Sinners shall never be able to shroud themselves, nor their actions from Gods all-seeing eye. The Rabbins put Makom, which signifies Place, among the names of God. Bith•er brings them in expounding that Text in Esther 4. 14.
First, there is a general presence of God, and thus he 1is present with all Creatures; Whither shall I flee from thy presence? Empedocles the Philosopher said well, That God is a Circle, whose center i• every where, and whose circumference is no where. God is included in no place, and excluded from no place, saith another, Non est ubi, ubi non est Deus. They could tell us that God is the soul of the World: and that as the soul is Tota in tot•, & tota in qualibet parte, so is he; his eye is in every corner, &c. To which purpose they so pourtrayed their Goddess Minerva, that which way soever one cast his eye, shee alwayes beheld him. Though Heaven be Gods Palace, yet it is not his prison. Diana's Temple was burnt down, when shee was busie at Alexander's ⟨p. 6⟩birth, and could not be at two places together, but God is present both in Paradise, and in the Wilderness at the same time. 1 Kings 8. 27. But will God indeed dwell on the Earth, behold the Heaven, and Heaven of Heavens 2cannot contain thee, how much less this House that I have builded. By the Heaven of Heavens is meant that which is by the learned called the Empyreal Heaven, where the Angels and the Saints departed do enjoy the glorious and beatifical vision of God; and it is called the Heaven of Heavens, both because it is the highest, and doth contain the other Heavens within its orb, and also by way of excellency, as the most holy place in the Temple 3is called the Holy of Holies, because it far surpasseth all the rest in splendour and glory. Jer. 23. 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I should not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill Heaven and Earth? saith the Lord. Prov. 15. 3. The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. God is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, All-eye. The poor Heathen couly say, Deus intimior nobis intimo nostro. God is nearer to us than we are to our selves. Repletively he is every where, though inclusively no where.
- 1Psal. 139. 7. N•; quam est Deus, &c. ubiqu• est. C•rysost. in Col. 2. H. […]. 5.Psal. 139. 7. N•; quam est Deus, &c. ubiqu• est. C•rysost. in Col. 2. H. 〈…〉. 5.
- 2God is higher than the Heaven, deeper than Hell, broader than the Earth, and more diffuse than the S•a. Bern.
- 3Isa. 66. 1. Prov. 5. 21. Heb. 4. 13. Job 26. 6.
