God Not To Be Comprehended.

God is above the sphere of our esteem,
And is the best known, not defining Him.

In God there's nothing, but 'tis known to be
Even God Himself, in perfect entity.

God is more here than in another place,
Not by His essence, but commerce of grace.

Weigh me the fire; or canst thou find
A way to measure out the wind;
Distinguish all those floods that are
Mix'd in that watery theatre;
And taste thou them as saltless there
As in their channel first they were.
Tell me the people that do keep
Within the kingdoms of the deep;
Or fetch me back that cloud again
Beshiver'd into seeds of rain;
Tell me the motes, dust, sands, and spears
Of corn, when summer shakes his ears;
Show me that world of stars, and whence
They noiseless spill their influence:
This if thou canst, then show me Him
That rides the glorious cherubim.

God is all fore-part; for, we never see
Any part backward in the Deity.

God's said to leave this place, and for to come
Nearer to that place than to other some,
Of local motion, in no least respect,
But only by impression of effect.