 | Jonathan Edmondson - Methodist Church - 1839 - 404 pages
...Lord." Jer. xxiii. 24. There is no place, in the boundless universe, without the presence of God ; and " to speak of him in the language of the old Philosopher, he is a Being whose centre is everywhere, and his circumference nowhere."* He is said to be in heaven and in other places, where... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1840 - 370 pages
...no difficulty in coming to a decision on this point. We might affirm, with the schoolmen, that " God is a Being whose centre is every where, and his circumference no where ;" that " he comprehends infinite duration in every moment ;" and that " infinite space may be considered... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1842 - 262 pages
...spread abroad to infinity. In short, to speak of him in the language of the old philosophers, he ia a Being whose centre, is every where, and his circumference, no where. 14 In the second place, he is omniscient as well as om« nipresent. His omniscience, indeed, necessarily... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...from anything he has created, or from any part of that space which is diffused and spread abroad to infinity. In short, to speak of him in the language...the old philosopher, he is a being whose centre is everywhere, and his circumference nowhere. In the second place, he is omniscient as well as omnipresent.... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1849 - 466 pages
...from anything he has created, or from any part of that space which he 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 everywhere, and his circumference nowhere. In the second... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1850 - 520 pages
...no dillicully in coming to a decision on this point. W might affirm, with the schoolmen, that " God is a Being whose centre is every where, and his circumference no where ;" that "he comprehends infinite duration in every moment ;" and that " infinite space may be considered... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...from any thing he has created, or from any part of that space which is diffused and spread abroad to infinity. In short, to speak of him in the language...the old philosopher, he is a being, whose centre is everywhere, and his circumference nowhere. to every part of which he is thus intimately united. Several... | |
 | English language - 1851 - 278 pages
...from any thing He has created, or from any part of that space which He 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 everywhere and his circumference nowhere. 'In the second... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...from anything he has created, or from any part of that space which is diffused and spread abroad to infinity. In short, to speak of him in the language of the old philosopher, " He is a being whose center is everywhere, and his circumference nowhere." 4. In the second place, he is omniscient as well... | |
 | English essays - 1853 - 604 pages
...from any thing he has created, or from any part of that space which is diffused and spread abroad to infinity. In short, to speak of him in the language...necessarily and naturally flows from his omnipresence; he can not but be conscious of every motion that arises in the whole material world, which he thus ' essentially... | |
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... material or immaterial, and as intimately present to it as that being is to itself. It would be an imperfection in him, were he able to remove out of one place into another, or to withdraw himself from any thing he has created, or from any part of... 
