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

The Being of God is like the Peace of God, which passeth all understanding, Philip. 4.7. And like the Love of Christ, which passeth all knowledge, Ephes. 3.19. This only can be known of God, that he can never be known fully; and this only can be comprehended of him, that he cannot be comprehended: Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection? It's as high as Heaven, what canst thou do? Deeper then Hell, what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer then the Earth, and broader then the Sea, Job 11.8, 9. Canst thou by searching find out God: It's a strong Negation, i. e. 'Tis impossible by all the help and advantage of Nature and Art, and Grace and Diligence; yea, and perfect Glory too, to find out God fully. Dost thou a poor mean vile man (saith Zophar) think to contain and comprehend him, whom the Heavens, and Heaven of Heavens cannot contain or comprehend? Art thou so silly as to conceive, that the short line of thy understanding ⟨p. 46⟩should fathom his bottomless Being. It is not in vain for thee to seek him, but it is altogether in vain for thee to search him. Though he be not far from thee, yet he is far above thee, and far beyond thee; far above thy thoughts, and beyond thy conceptions: He dwelleth in that Light that is inaccessible, whom no man hath seen, nor can see, 1 Tim. 6.16. They who see him face to face, i. e. most clearly and fully see but little of him: Clouds and Darkness are in this sense ever about him. As in a dark day we see the beams, but not the body of the Sun; so even in Heaven the highest Angels rather see his rays and beams, then his infinite Being.

The Being of God is like the Peace of God, which passeth all understanding, Philip. 4.7. And like the Love of Christ, which passeth all knowledge, Ephes. 3.19. This onely can be known of God, that he can never be known fully; and this onely can be comprehended of him, that he cannot be comprehended: Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection? It's as high as Heaven, what canst thou do? Deeper then Hell, what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer then the Earth, and broader then the Sea,