Discourses upon the Existence and Attributes of God

Again, Infinite Essence may as well be every where, as infinite power reach every thing; it may as well be present with every Being, as infinite power in its working may be present with nothing to bring it into Being. Where God works by his Power he is present in his Essence; because his Power and his Essence cannot be separated; and therefore his Power, Wisdom, Goodness, cannot be any where, where his Essence is not: His Essence cannot be severed from his Power, nor his Power from his Essence; for the Power of God is nothing but God acting, and the wisdom of God nothing, but God knowing. As the power of God is always, so is his Essence; as the power of God is every where, so is his Essence; whatsoever God is, he is alway, and every where: To confine him to a place, is to measure his Essence; as to confine his actions, is to limit his power; his Essence being no less infinite than his Power and his Wisdom, can be no more bounded than his Power and Wisdom; but they are not separable from his Essence, yea they are his Essence; if God did not fill the whole World, he would be determined to some place, and excluded from others; and so his substance would have bounds and limits, and then something might be conceived greater than God; for we may conceive that a Creature may be made by God of so vast a greatness as to fill the whole World; for the power of God is able to make a body that should take up the whole space between Heaven and Earth, and reach to every corner of it; but nothing can be conceived by any Creature greater than God; he exceeds all things, and ⟨p. 254⟩is exceeded by none; God therefore cannot be included in Heaven, nor included in the Earth; cannot be contained in either of them; for if we should imagine them vaster than they are, yet still they would be finite; and if his Essence were contained in them, it could be no more infinite than the World which contains it; As water is not of a larger compass than the Vessel which contains it. If the Essence of God were limited either in the Heavens or Earth, it must needs be finite, as the Heaven and Earth are; But there is no proportion between finite and infinite; God therefore cannot be contained in them: If there were an infinite body, that must be every where; certainly then an infinite Spirit must be every where:

Again, Infinite Essence may as well be every where, as infinite power reach every thing; it may as well be present with every Being, as infinite power in its working may be present with nothing to bring it into Being. Where God works by his Power he is present in his Essence; because his Power and his Essence cannot be separated; and therefore his Power, Wisdom, Goodness, cannot be any where, where his Essence is not: His Essence cannot be sever'd from his Power, nor his Power from his Essence; for the Power of God is nothing but God acting, and the wisdom of God nothing, but God knowing. As the power of God is always, so is his Essence; as the power of God is every where, so is his Essence; whatsoever God is, he is alway, and every where: To confine him to a place, is to measure his Essence; as to confine his actions, is to limit his power; his Essence being no less infinite than his Power and his Wisdom, can be no more bounded than his Power and Wisdom; but they are not separable from his Essence, yea they are his Essence; if God did not fill the whole World, he would be determin'd to some place, and excluded from others; and so his substance would have bounds and limits, and then something might be conceived greater than God; for we may conceive that a Creature may be made by God of so vast a greatness as to fill the whole World; for the power of God is able to make a body that should take up the whole space between Heaven and Earth, and reach to every corner of it; but nothing can be conceived by any Creature greater than God; he exceeds all things, and