A Body of Practical Divinity

Of the Knowledge of GOD.

For the Lord is a God of Knowledge, and by him Actions are weighed, 1 Sam. 2.3. Glorious things are spoken of God; he transcends our Thoughts and the Angels Praises. God's Glory lies chiefly in his Attributes, which are the several Beams by which the Divine Nature shines forth. Among other of his Orient Excellencies, this is not the least, The Lord is a God of Knowledge; or as the Hebrew word is, ell Degnoth, a God of Knowledges. Through the bright Mirror of his own Essence he hath a full Idea and Cognisance of all things; the World is to him Corpus diaphanum, a transparent Body. He makes an Heart-Anatomy; he is [Greek or Hebrew], Rev. 2.23. I am he which searcheth the Reins and the Heart. The Clouds are no Canopy, the Night is no Curtain to draw between us and his sight, Psal. 139.12. The Darkness h•deth not from thee. There is not a word we whisper but God hears it, Psal. 139.4. There is not a word in my Tongue, but lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. There is not the most subtle Thought comes into our Mind, but God perceives it, Isa. 66.18. I kn•w their thoughts. Thoughts speak as loud in Gods Ears as Words do in ours. All our Actions, though never so subtly contrived, and secretly conveyed, are visible to the Eye of Omniscience, Isa. 66.18. I know their works. Achan hid the Babylonish Garment in the Earth, but God brought it to light, Josh. 7.21. Minerva was drawn in such curious Colours, and so lively pencilled, that which way soever one turned, Minerva's Eye was upon him: so which way soever we turn our selves, still God's Eye is upon us,