A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word…

CHAP. VI. God incomparable in his Being, as it is Infinite and Incomprehensible.

God is an infinite Being: He is a Being that knoweth no bounds, no limits. His Being is without all measure, all degrees and determinations. His Understanding (i. e. Himself, who is all Understanding) is infinite, Psal. 147.5. God is a Sphere, whose centre is every where, and whose circumference is no where. Behold the Heavens, and Heaven of Heavens cannot contain thee, how much less this House which I have built, 1 Kings 8.27. The starry Heavens, or Firmament, is large, it compasseth the whole Earth and Ocean; this terrestrial World is but a point to it, but the Heaven of Heavens, or the imperial Heaven is larger; it containeth the lower Heaven, but cannot contain the God of Heaven. No ubi, no place can define or circumscribe him: He is neither ⟨p. 41⟩shut up in any place, nor shut out of any place. He is above place, without place, yet in all places. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into Heaven, thou art there; If I make my Bed in Hell, (Heaven and Hell are most opposite places) Behold thou art there: If I take the wings of the Morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the Sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me, Psal. 139.7, 8, 9, 10. God is in Heaven, Earth, Sea, Hell, and infinitely more, where there is neither Heaven nor Earth, nor Sea, nor Hell.

GOd is an infinite Being: He is a Being that knoweth no bounds, no limits. His Being is without all measure, all degrees and determinations. His Ʋnderstanding (i. e. Himself, who is all Understanding) is infinite, Psal. 147.5