diffused and spread
abroad to infinity. In short, to speak of him in the language of the old
philosophers, He is a being whose centre is every where, and his
circumference no where.

12. In the second place, he is omniscient as well as omnipresent. His
omniscience, indeed, necessarily and naturally flows from his
omnipresence. He cannot but be conscious of every motion that arises in
the whole material world, which he thus essentially pervades; and of
every thought that is stirring in the intellectual world, to every part
of which he is thus intimately united. Several moralists have considered
the creation as the temple of God, which he has built with his own
hands, and which is filled with his presence.

13. Others have considered infinite space as the receptacle, or rather
the habitation of the Almighty; but the noblest, and most exalted way of
considering this infinite space, is that of Sir _Isaac Newton_, who
calls it the _sensorium_ of the Godhead. Brutes and men have their
_sensoria_, or little _sensoriums_, by which they apprehend the presence
and perceive the actions of a few objects that lie contiguous to them.
Their knowledge and apprehension turn 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.

14. 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 through infinite space with the same
activity, it would still find itself within the embraces of its Creator,
and encompassed round with the immensity of the Godhead. While we are in
the body, he is hot less present with us because he is concealed from
us. _Oh 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 hideth
himself on 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.

15. In this consideration of God Almighty's omnipresence and
omniscience, every uncomfortable thought vanishes. He cannot but regard
every thing that has beings especially such of his creatures who fear
they are not regarded by him. He is privy to all their