A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer

Secondly; How is God there, since he is every where?

1. Negatively; It is not to be understood so, as if he were included in Heaven, or locally circumscribed within the Compass of it; For the Heaven of Heavens cannot contain him, 1 Kin. 8. 27. In regard of his Essence, he is in all Places, being infinite and indivisible: He is not included within the Heavens, nor excluded from Earth, but filleth all Places alike. Jer. 23. 24. Do not I fill Heaven and Earth? saith the Lord. But yet in an especial manner is God present in Heaven: That appears, because there is his Throne: Psal. 103. 19. He hath prepared his Throne in the Heavens. Earthly Kings, they have their Thrones exalted higher than other Places; but God's Throne is above all, it is in Heaven. He hath a more universal and unlimited Empire, than all the Kings of the Earth; so he hath a more glorious Throne. Heaven is the most convenient Place, to set forth his Majesty and Glory to the World, because of the Sublimity, Amplitude, and Purity of it. And so, Isa. 66. 1. Thus saith the Lord, The Heaven is my Throne, and the Earth is my Footstool. Heaven is his Throne, because there is his Majestical Presence, more of his Glory and Excellency is discovered: And the Earth is his Footstool, because there, in the lowest part of the World, he manifesteth his powerful Presence, among the lower Creatures.

1. Negatively; It is not to be understood so, as if he were included in Heaven, or locally circumscribed within the Compass of it; For the Heaven of Heavens cannot contain him, 1 Kin. 8. 27. In regard of his Essence, he is in all Places, being infinite and indivisible: He is not included within the Heavens, nor excluded from Earth, but filleth all Places alike.