1 Chain ofPrinciples. 269 dered that God is as a thoufand con- Exerc. 8. fciences ; both for intimacy of pre- fence, and perfpicacity in difcerning. It is worth observing how the men- tion of Gods immenfity is brought in by the Prophet in that forecited place of Jeremy , where the whole verle runs thus ; can aìy hide himfe f in fecret pia- Jerem.zg,z4, ces, that I 'ball notfee him, faith the Lori? Do not I fill heaven and earth , faith the Lord ? Our moPc fecret fins are, in re- ference toGod, no more fecret in re- gard of his Omniprefence then if committed in the moft open light. Witnefs that inMofes his prayer Thou haft. Jet ouriniquities before thee, ourfecret fins in the light of thy countenance. 7acob once faid of . Bethel, God was once in this oenef.'8.t6,. place, and Z knew it not ; Towfearfull is its Let every place be a Bethel to thee O watchfull Chrifcian, a place of fear, and in fame fencean houle of God, be it market, or Mop, or field ; be fare theLord is in that place not prefent onely, but looking on. nor onely looking,
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