THESE Words declare to us the glorious Attribute of God's Immensity or Omnipresence, set forth in ⟨p. 430⟩most elegant and lofty Terms, as if the Prophet would mitigate that Dread that might well seize upon us, from the consideration of the terrible Majesty of God being so near us, by the sweetness and flourishing of the Expression, Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? This Question doth not imply that David was indeed contriving how to make an Escape from God, nor pondering with himself in what forlorn Corner of the World he might lie obscure, where the Presence of God should never apprehend him; but this Interrogation serveth for a vehement Assertion, Whither shall I go? That is, there is no Place where I can go, or where I can imagine to go, but thy Spirit, and thy Presence will be with me. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? That is, either from thee who art a Spirit, and so canst pierce and penetrate me, be as truly and essentially in the very Bowels and Marrow of my Soul, as my Soul is intimately and essentially in my Body. From thy Spirit; that is, from thy Knowledge and thy Power; thy Knowledge to detect and observe me, thy Power to uphold or to crush me. In what dark Corner or Cavern soever I ⟨p. 431⟩should muffle my self, yet thy presence is so universal, that it would find me out, for it stretcheth it self from Heaven to Hell. If I make my Bed in Hell. By Hell here, may be meant either the Grave, which is often so called in Scripture, as Acts 2.27. Psal. 16.10. Thou wilt not leave my Soul in Hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see Corruption; (A Prophecy concerning Christ) that is, Thou wilt not leave my Person in the Grave; so it is interpreted Verse 31. when it is said, that his Soul was not left in Hell, neither did his Flesh see Corruption; it is spoken so in Gen. 37.35. Jacob, speaking concerning the supposed Death of his Son Joseph, says, I will go down into the Grave to my Son mourning. Concerning the Resurrection of Christ from the Grave, Gen. 37.35. Job 17.13. that word which we translate the Grave, we translate (also) Hell. Now saith the Prophet, Though I should go down to the Grave, and be covered from the sight, and forgotten out of the mind and thoughts of Men, yet thou art there, and observest every Dust how it moulders and crumbles away: My Body cannot be more in the Grave than thou art there.
THESE Words declare to us the glorious Attribute of God's Immensity or Omnipresence, set forth in ⟨p. 430⟩most elegant and lofty Terms, as if the Prophet would mitigate that Dread that might well seize upon us, from the consideration of the terrible Majesty of God being so near us, by the sweetness and flourishing of the Expression, Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? This Question doth not imply that David was indeed contriving how to make an Escape from God, nor pondering with himself in what forlorn Corner of the World he might lie obscure, where the Presence of God should never apprehend him; but this Interrogation serveth for a vehement Assertion, Whither shall I go? That is, there is no Place where I can go, or where I can imagine to go, but thy Spirit, and thy Presence will be with me. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? That is, either from thee who art a Spirit, and so canst pierce and penetrate me, be as truly and essentially in the very Bowels and Marrow of my Soul, as my Soul is intimately and essentially in my Body. From thy Spirit; that is, from thy Knowledge and thy Power; thy Knowledge to detect and observe me, thy Power to uphold or to crush me. In what dark Corner or Cavern soever I ⟨p. 431⟩should muffle my self, yet thy presence is so universal, that it would find me out, for it stretcheth it self from Heaven to Hell. If I make my Bed in Hell. By Hell here, may be meant either the Grave, which is often so called in Scripture, as Acts 2.27. Psal. 16.10. Thou wilt not leave my Soul in Hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see Cortion; (A Prophecy concerning Christ) that is, Thou wilt not leave my Person in the Grave; so it is interpreted Verse 31. when it is said, that his Soul was not left in Hell, neither did his Flesh see Corruption; it is spoken so in Gen. 37.35. Jacob, speaking concerning the supposed Death of his Son Joseph, says, I will go down into the Grave to my Son mourning. Concerning the Resurrection of Christ from the Grave, Gen. 37.35. Job 17.13. that word which we translate the Grave, we translate (also) Hell. Now saith the Prophet, Though I should go down to the Grave, and be covered from the sight, and forgotten out of the mind and thoughts of Men, yet thou art there, and observest every Dust how it molders and crumbles away: My Body cannot be more in the Grave than thou art there.
