zo8 n Expofitionof the C HA P. II which we think on, be extended unto the utmofl ofour Imagination. But thishath nb Relation unto the Immenfity ofGod e which is not his filling of all imaginary Place or Space , but an Infinite Exifience in an Infinite Being ; to that as he is prefent with, indíf}ant from the whole Creation, for faith he, Do not Ifill HeavenandEarth a er. 23.24. So is he no leß'prefent, where there is nopart.of the Creation. And if he fhould produce thaufànds ofWorlds, which he can doby his Power, he would be no lets prefent inthem all, indiftant from every thing in them, than he is in andunto this which he hath already created., And this not by the extending of his Effence and Greatnefs, but by the infinitenefs of his Being. Neither are there Parts in this Immenfity ; for that which hath parts cannot be Infinite or Immenfe. Somewhat ofGod is not prefentin Heaven, and fomewhat in earth; but God is wholly prefent inhis whole Being everywhere. This leaves no place for the imagination of men, but- calls us for pure Ads of Unnderllanding, and Faith to affent unto it. And thus far Renton will go ; that it will affent unto the truth of that which it cannot com- prehend, becaufe it is convinced that it cannot be otherwife. Whatremains;rit leaves to Faith, and Reverential Adoration. Reafön having by thehelpofDivine Re- velation lead the mindand foulthus far ; that God is immenfe,not only prefent unto the whole Creation, but exifting in his infinite being, where no creature is, and that in his whole Etlence equally, there it gives them up to Admiration, Reverence, Adora-, tion, and the Improvement by faithof this Excellency of 'God, where ever they are : fo Both the Pfalmif, Pfal. 139.7, 8, 9; s o, 11. Thoughts of Gods Omniprefence are of fingular ufe to the foul inevery condition. And who can fufficiently admire this Eiccelleney of the Nature ofGod ? How aftonif sable is this his Greatnefs? How are all the Nations of theworld, as the dropof a bucket, as the duff of the ballance, asVa- nity, as Nothingbefore_him ?. What is a' littledull. toan Immenfty ofBeing ? To that whofe Greatnefswe cannot meafure, whofe Nature we cannot comprehend, whofe Glory we canonly.fland afar off and adore ? What is a poor worm unto him'who is every where, and whoisevery where filled with his own Excellenciesand Bleffed- nefs ? The iffue ofall our thoughts on this Property of Gods Nature, is Admiration and holyAtlonifhment. And whence is ir, that he, fhould take thought of us, or fee his heart upon us? And this Greatnefs of God Both he fet forth by (hewing what a mean thing the whole Creation which we behold is unto him. Who bath meafured the Waters in the hollowof his band, and meted out the Heavens with a Jßan, andcomprehended the daft of the Earth in a meafure, andweighed the Mountains infides, and the-Hills in a ballance : Behold, the Nations areat a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the (mall duff of the.$allance : behold,be taketb up the Ifles at a very little thing all Nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted unto him left than nothing and vanity, Ifa. 4o. 12, 15, 17. Secondly, His Infinite Self-fufficiency dotb manifefi it Pelf in bic works; forall theft thingsare the abfolute product of his Power and Wifdorn and Goodnefs. From the infinite ftwes andTreafures of them did he bring them all forth. They had no previous matter whereof they were made, nò Reafon, caufe, or end was there, why they fhould be made, butonly what was in himfelf, and from himfelf, Rom: 11.36. Rev. 4. 1 t. Now this could not have been without an Infinite Self-fufficiency in him- (elf; fromwhence it is, that all things begin and end in him. And had he not been every way Pelffuffrcient, before the Exiflence of all other things out of nothing, no- thing could have been produced. And this arifeth from his Fulnefl of Being, which he declareth.by his names 711`1, and tr ibt; which denote his frlf -Being , his felf- cxiflence, his felf - fufficiency. All the Propertyes of hisNature beinginfiniteshave that, which farisfies them and fills them. His Vnderftanding is infinite : And á lnothing could comprehend the Infinite Nature of God, but an Infinite Underftanding, Gqd couldnot know himfilf, ifhis Underfianding were not infinite ; fo nothingcould fads- fie an Infiniteunderftanding but an Infrnite'Objeel ; the Undertlanding ofGod couldnot be. blelled and inrat; if the Objetl ofit, the Nature ofGod were not infinite. God by his Underfianding knows the extent of his Infinite Power, and fo knows not only what hehath wroughtby his Power, but alfo, what ever he canfo do. And this fuitablenefs of the Properties ofGod one to another, as it makes them becaufe in- finite, not really to differ from oneanother, or fromhis Nature it felt; fo it gives them all Re(t,Bleffednefs, Satisfat`tion and felt-fufliciency. As to continue in our former inftance; the Bleffednefs of the Vndertanding of God contifts in its Comprehenfion of the wholeNature ofGod ; nor is it capable of more, becaufe it can comprehend no
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