A practical exposition on the 130th Psalm

2. The Immensity of his Essence, and his Omnipresence is of the same consideration. Do not I fill Heaven and Earth, saith the Lord, Jer. 23. 24. The Heavens, even the Heavens of Heavens, the supreme and most comprehensive created Being cannot contain him, saith Solomon. In his infinitely Glorious Being he is present with, and indistant from all places, things, times, all the works of his hands, and is no less gloriously subsisting where they are not. God is where Heaven and Earth are not, no less than where they are; and where they are not is himself; where there is no place, no space, real or imaginary, God is; for place and imagination have nothing to do with Immensity; and he is present every where in the Creation, where I am writing, where you are reading; he is present with you, indistant from you. The thoughts of mens hearts for the most part are, that God as to his Essence is in Heaven only; and it is well if some think he is there, seeing they live and act as if there were neither God nor Devil but themselves. But on these apprehensions such thoughts are ready secretly to arise, and effectually to prevail, as are expressed, Joh 22. 13, 14. How doth God know? Can he judge through the dark; thick clouds are as a covering unto him that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of the Heavens. Apprehensions of Gods distance from men, harden them in their ways. But it is utterly otherwise; God is every where, and a man may on all occasions say with Jacob, God is in this place, and I knew it not. Let the soul then who is thus called to wait on God, exercise it self with thoughts about this Immensity of his Nature and Being. Comprehend it, fully understand it, we can never: But the consideration of it will give that awe of his Greatness upon our hearts, as that we shall learn to tremble before him, and to be willing to wait for him in all things.

2. The Immensity of his Essence, and his Omnipresence is of the same consideration. Do not I fill Heaven and Earth, saith the Lord, Jer. 23. 24. The Heavens, even the Heavens of Heavens, the supreme and most comprehensive created Being cannot contain him, saith Solomon. In his infinitely Glorious Being he is present with, and indistant from all places, things, times, all the works of his hands, and is no less gloriously subsisting where they are not. God is where Heaven and Earth are not, no less than where they are; and where they are not is himself; where there is no place, no space, real or imaginary, God is; for place and imagination have nothing to do with Immensity; and he is present every where in the Creation, where I am writing, where you are reading; he is present with you, indistant from you. The thoughts of mens hearts for the most part are, that God as to his Essence is in Heaven only; and it is well if some think he is there, seeing they live and act as if there were neither God nor Devil but themselves. But on these apprehensions such thoughts are ready secretly to arise, and effectually to prevail, as are expressed, Joh 22. 13, 14. How doth God know? Can he judge through the dark; thick clouds are as a covering unto him that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of the Heavens. Apprehensions of Gods distance from men, harden them in their waies. But it is utterly otherwise; God is every where, and a man may on all occasions say with Jacob, God is in this place, and I knew it not. Let the soul then who is thus called to wait on God, exercise it self with thoughts about this Immensity of his Nature and Being. Comprehend it, fully understand it, we can never: But the consideration of it will give that awe of his Greatness upon our hearts, as that we shall learn to tremble before him, and to be willing to wait for him in all things.