Divine Conduct, or The Mystery of Providence

The immense and transcendent goodness of God, who is infinitely above us and all our thoughts, Job 11. 7, 8, 9. Canst thou by searching, find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as Heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than Hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the Earth, and broader than the Sea. 2 Chron. 2. 6. The Heaven and Heaven of Heavens cannot contain him. Exod. 15. 11. He is glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders. When the Scripture speaks of him comparatively, see how it expresses his greatness, Isa. 40. 15, 16, 17. Behold the Nations are as the drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold he taketh up the Isles as a very little thing. And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the Beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering. All Nations before him are as nothing, and they are accounted to him less than nothing and vanity. When the holiest men have adderest themselves to him, see with what humility and deep adoration they have spoken of him and to him! Isa. 6. 5. Woe is me for I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King the Lord of Hosts. Nay, what aspects the very Angels of Heaven have of that glorious Majesty, you may see, Ver. 2, 3. Each one had six wings, with twain •e covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain be did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts; the whole Earth is full of his glory.

The immense and transcendent goodness of God, who is infinitely above us and all our thoughts, Job 11. 7, 8, 9. Canst thou by searching, find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as Heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than Hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the Earth, and broader than the Sea.