Discourses upon the Existence and Attributes of God

And indeed, men that question the knowledge of God, would be more convinced by the Doctrine of his immediate presence with them. And this seems to be the design and manner of Arguing in this place. Nothing is remote from my knowledge, because nothing is distant from my presence.

And indeed, men that question the knowledg of God, would be more convinc'd by the Doctrine of his immediate presence with them. And this seems to be the design and manner of Arguing in this place. Nothing is remote from my knowledg, because nothing is distant from my presence.

I fill Heaven and Earth: he doth not say, I am in Heaven and Earth, but I fill Heaven and Earth, i. e. ^†say some, with my Knowledge; others, with my Authority, or my Power. But,

I fill Heaven and Earth: he doth not say, I am in Heaven and Earth, but I fill Heaven and Earth, i. e. ^†say some, with my Knowledg; others, with my Authority, or my Power. But,

1. †Tum persp••• cia, tum eff•cacia, Gro•.

1. The word filling cannot properly be referred to the act of understanding and will. A presence by knowledge is to be granted, but to say such a presence fills a a place, is an improper Speech. Knowledge is not enough to constitute a presence.