Discourses upon the Existence and Attributes of God

2. The Essential Presence is without any division of himself. I fill Heaven and Earth, not part in Heaven, and part in Earth; I fill one as well as the other: One part of his Essence is not in one place, and another part of his Essence in another place, he would then be changeable; for that part of his Essence which were now in this place, he might alter it to another, and place that part of his Essence which were in another place, to this; but he is undivided every where. As his Eternity is one indivisible point, though in our conception we divide it into past, present and to come. So the whole World is as a point to him, in regard of place as before was said; 'tis as a small Dust, and grain of Dust: 'Tis impossible that one part of his Essence can be separated from another, for he is not a Body, to have one part separable from another. The light of the Sun cannot be cut into parts, it cannot be shut into any place and kept there, 'tis entire in every place; shall not God who gives the light that power, be much more present himself? whatsoever hath parts is finite, but God is infinite, therefore hath no parts of his Essence. Besides, if there were such a Division of his Being, he would not be the most simple and uncompounded Being, but would be made up of various parts; he would not be a Spirit, for parts are evidences of composition; and it could not be said that God is here or there, but only a part of God here, and a part of God there. But he fills Heaven and Earth, he is as much a God in the Earth beneath as in Heaven above^*; entirely in all places, not by scraps and fragments of his Essence.

2. The Essential Presence is without any division of himself. I fill Heaven and Earth, not part in Heaven, and part in Earth; I fill one as well as the other: One part of his Essence is not in one place, and another part of his Essence in another place, he would then be changeable; for that part of his Essence which were now in this place, he might alter it to another, and place that part of his Essence which were in another place, to this; but he is undivided every where. As his Eternity is one indivisible point, though in our conception we divide it into past, present and to come. So the whole World is as a point to him, in regard of place as before was said; 'tis as a small Dust, and grain of Dust: 'Tis impossible that one part of his Essence can be separated from another, for he is not a Body, to have one part separable from another. The light of the Sun cannot be cut into parts, it cannot be shut into any place and kept there, 'tis intire in every place; shall not God who gives the light that power, be much more present himself? whatsoever hath parts is finite, but God is infinite, therefore hath no parts of his Essence. Besides, if there were such a Division of his Being, he would not be the most simple and uncompounded Being, but would be made up of various parts; he would not be a Spirit, for parts are evidences of composition; and it could not be said that God is here or there, but only a part of God here, and a part of God there. But he fills Heaven and Earth, he is as much a God in the Earth beneath as in Heaven above