[ 474] The thought of Gods omnipresence, a great comfort in affliction.
THere is mention made of a company of poor Christians,* 1.1 that were banished into some remote parts; and one standing by seeing them passe along, said, That it was a very sad condition those poor people were in, to be thus hurried from the so∣ciety of men,* 1.2 and to be made companions wth the beasts of the field: True, said another, it were a sad condition indeed, if they were carried to a place where they should not find their God; but let them be of good chear, God goes along with them, and will exhibite the comforts of his presence whithersoever they go, he is an infinite God, and filleth all places: Thus as every attribute of God is a breast of comfort not to be drawn dry, so this of his omnipresence is none of the least,* 1.3 that he is both where we are, and where we are not; he is in the midst of our enemies, we think that they will even swallow us up alive, but God our best friend is with them, to confound all their devices, and insatuate their Counsells; our friends, our relations of Wife and Children, if they be taken hence God is with them; and God is with us too on all occasions, in all conditions, he is ordering all things for his Childrens good.