A Body of Practical Divinity

1. God's Omnipresence; the Greek word for Infinite [Greek or Hebrew] from [Greek or Hebrew], signifies without Bounds or Limits: God is not confined to any place, he is Infinite, and so is present in all places at once. His Centre is every-where, Divina essentia nusquam inclusa aut exclusa, Aug. 1 Kings 8.27. Behold, the heaven, and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee. This the Turks have a Notion of, they build their Temples open on the top to show, that God cannot be confined to their Temples or circumscribed, but is in all places by his Presence. God's Essence is not limited either to the Regions above, or to the Terrestrial Globe, but his whole Essence is every-where. This is to be Infinite. As Philosophers say of the Soul, it is. Tota in toto & tota in qualibet part: The Soul is in every part of the Body, in the Eye, Heart, Foot; so we may say of God, he is Ubique, his Essence is every-where; his Circuit is in Heaven, and Earth, and Sea, and he is in all places of his Circuit at once. This is to be Infinite. God who bounds every thing else, is himself without Bounds: He sets Bounds to the Sea, Huc usque, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further. He sets Bounds to the Angels, they like the Cherubims move and stand at his appointment,