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

¹But are Men or Angels like to God in this? Alas, they are finite limited Beings, less then drops to this Ocean. Man is in a small place, so as to fill it up by commensuration of parts, and to exclude ⟨p. 43⟩all other Bodies, but himself is circumscribed in it. Angels though they are not in a place so as to exclude Bodies, yet they are in an ubi, or space, so as to conclude themselves therein; they are in a finite compass, beyond which their being extendeth not; they are so here, that they are not there; so in Heaven, that they are not on Earth at the same time. But God is every where in his whole Essence every moment; He filleth all in all, Eph. 1. ult.

1. 1Homo est in loco circumscriptive, Angelus definitive, Deus Repletive.

God is an incomprehensible Being, such a Being as no Creature, whether Man or Angel can comprehend, or perfectly understand. This floweth from the former; if he be infinite, he must of necessity be incomprehensible, for a finite Being (as all are beside himself) can never comprehend what is infinite. There is no proportion between a boundless Being and a bounded Understanding: But there must be a proportion between the mind of the Creature, and that object which is fully understood by it. The Sun may be contained in a small chink, and the Sea in a Nutshell, sooner then God can be contained in the limited ⟨p. 44⟩understanding of Men or Angels; Job 26.14. Lo these are parts of his ways, (viz. Hell is naked before him, ver. 6. He hangeth the Earth upon nothing, ver. 7. He bindeth up the Waters in his thick Clouds, and the Cloud is not rent under them, ver. 8. He hath compassed the Waters with bounds, ver. 10. The Pillars of Heaven tremble at his Reproof, ver. 11. &c.) but how little a portion is heard of him. The Vulgar read it, How little a drop; Others, A whisper, or smallest part of a Voice; that which is known of God, to that which God is, and is in God, is but like a drop to the vast Ocean; and as a Whisper, to a loud terrible Thunder; How little a portion is heard of him. Surely much is heard of him, from the Voice of his Almighty Works of Creation and Providence, and especially from the Voice of his Word and his own Mouth in the holy Scriptures: But how little is heard of him, in comparison of that immense excellency which is in him, and which he is. Heathens hear somewhat of him,