[ 920] The generality of Gods knowledge.
IT is said of King Edward the sixth,* 1.1 that he knew all the Ports, Havens, Harbours, and Creeks, in and about the English coasts, together with the depth and shal∣lowes of the water, as also the severall burthens of every ship that could ride there¦with safety; yet this was but a puny knowledge in that young King; when we look upon the general knowledge of God. He knows all things, all Creatures, nothing is hid from his knowledge, he knowes the thoughts of Man afar off, he knowes what he will think many years hence if he live to it;* 1.2 he knowes the stars by their names, whereas our eyes are dim, they small, the distance great, yet his infinite essence is a vast Nomenclator of them all; such and so general is the knowledge of our all-knowing God, that he knows all things, also Simul, semel, & uno intuito, all at once, both things past, present, and to come.