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A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word…
A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word opened and applied / by Geo. Swinnocke ...A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word opened and applyed / by Geo. Swinnocke ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1672
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Treatise › Chapter 8: God incomparable in his Attributes, in his Knowledge and Faithfulness.
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1. If you consider the matter or object of his Knowledge: God knoweth all things; John 21 17. Lord thou knowest all things: 1 John 3.20. God is greater then our Hearts, for he knoweth all things. He knoweth whatsoever hath been, whatsoever is, whatsoever shall be, whatsoever can be, whatsoever cannot be. He knoweth all substances, accidents, necessary contingent things: He makes all, upholds all, governs all, and discerneth all: The Eyes of the Lord are in every place, 2 Chron. 16.3.
He knoweth those things that are most hidden, most secret, the Hearts, the Thoughts, the most close retired motions ⟨p. 80⟩of the Spirit of Man; 1 Cor. 2.11. What man knoweth the things of a man, but the spirit of a man that is in him? Yea, what Angel knoweth the things of a man? but God doth. Hell and Destruction are before the Lord; how much more the hearts of the Children of Men, Prov. 15.11. Hell seems to be far from his sight, and very remote from Heaven his Seat: The hearts of the Children of men seem to be unsearchable, so deep that none can fathom them; but he hath a Line that will sound these depths: He knoweth the spirit of man, better then man knoweth himself: The heart is deceitful, and desperately wicked, who knoweth it? (No Man, no Angel knoweth it,) I the Lord search the Heart, Jer. 17.9, 10. And none knoweth it but he, therefore he is incomparable herein; For thou, thou only knowest the Hearts of the Children of Men,