A Body of Practical Divinity

Use 1. It condemns the Papists who would make more things Infinite then the Godhead, they hold that Christ's Body is in many places at once, that it is in Heaven and in the Bread and Wine in the Sacrament: Though Christ as he is God is Infinite, and in all places at once, yet as Man he is not; Christ when he was on Earth his Manhood was not in Heaven, though his Godhead was; and now he is in Heaven his Manhood is not on Earth though his Godhead be: Heb. 10.5. 'tis spoken of Christ, A body hast thou prepared me. This Body cannot be in all places at once, for then it is no more a Body, but a Spirit; Christ's Body in Heaven though it be Glorified, it is not Deified; it is not Infinite, for so it must be if it be both in Heaven and in the Bread and Wine by Transubstantiation.

If God be Infinite, present in all places at once, then it is certain he governs all things in his own Person; he needs no Proxies or Deputies to help him carry on his Government. He is in all places at an instant, and manageth all Affairs both in the World and Heaven. A King cannot be in all places of his Kingdom in his own Person, therefore he is fain to govern by Deputies and Vicegerents, and they often pervert Justice: but God being Infinite, needs no Deputies, he is present in all places; he sees all with his own Eyes, and hears all with his own Ears; he is every-where in his own Person, therefore is fit to be the Judge of the World, he will do every one Right.

If God be Infinite by his Omnipresence, then see the Greatness and Immenseness of the Divine Majesty▪ What a Great God do we serve? 1 Chr. 29.11. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the glory, and the majesty, and thou art exalted as head above all. Well may the Scripture display the Greatness of his Glory, who is Infinite in all places. He transcends our weak Conceptions, how can our finite Understanding comprehend him who is Infinite? He is infinitely above all our Praises,