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 tiguous to them. Their knowledge and Obſervation turns within a very narrow Circle. But as God Almighty cannot but perceive and know every Thing in which he reſides, infinite Space gives Room to infinite Knowledge, and is, as it were, an Organ to Omniſcience.

Were the Soul ſeparate from the Body, and with one Glance of Thought ſhould ſtart beyond the Bounds of the Creation, ſhould it for Millions of Years continue its Progreſs though infinite Space with the ſame Activity, it would ſtill find itſelf within the Embrace of its Creator, and encompaſſed round with the Immenſity of the Godhead. Whilſt we are in the Body he is not leſs preſent with us, becauſe he is concealed from us. O that I knew where I might find him! ſays ''Job. Behold I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him. On the left hand, where he does work but I cannot behold him: he bideth himſelf or the right hand that I cannot ſee him''. In ſhort, Reaſon as well as Revelation aſſures us, that he cannot be abſent from us, notwithſtanding he is undiſcovered by us.

In this conſideration of God Almighty's Omniprefence and Omniſcience every uncomfortable Thought vaniſhes. He cannot but regard every Thing that has Being, eſpecially ſuch of his Creatures who fear they are not regarded by him. He is privy to