A Body of Practical Divinity

Resp. The meaning is, he went out from the Church of God, where were the visible Signs of God's Presence, and where God did in a special manner manifest his sweet Presence to his People. But Cain could not go out of God's sight, for God being Infinite, is every-where present. Sinners can neither go from an Accusing Conscience, nor a Revenging God.

If God be every-where present, then for a Christian to walk with God is not impossible. God is not only in Heaven, but he is on Earth too, Isa. 66.1. Heaven is his Throne, there he sits, the Earth is his Footstool, there he stands. He is every-where present, therefore we may come to walk with God: Enoch walked with God, Gen. 5.21. If God were confined to Heaven, a trembling Soul might think how can I Converse with God, how can I walk with him who lives in Excelsis, above the upper Region; but God is not confined to Heaven, he is Omnipresent, he is above us, yet he is about us, he is near to us, Acts 17.27. Though he be not far from the Assembly of his Saints. He stands in the Congregation of the Mighty, Psal. 82.1. He is present with us, God is in every one of us: so that here on Earth we may walk with God. In Heaven the Saints rest with him, on Earth they walk with him. To walk with God is to walk by Faith; we are said to draw nigh to God, Heb. 10.22. and to see him, Heb. 11.27. as seeing him who is invisible, and to have Fellowship with him, Hos. 1.3. Or [Greek or Hebrew], our Fellowship is with the Father. Thus we may take a turn with him every day by Faith: ['Tis a slighting of God not to walk with him; if a King be in presence, it is a slighting him to neglect him and walk with the Page] there's no Walk in the World so sweet as to walk with God: