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Is that perfection by which he knows all things, and is,
1. Infinite knowledge, Ps. cxivi. 5.
2. Eternal, generally called foreknowledge, Act_15:18. Isa_46:10. Eph_1:4. Act_2:23.
3. Universal, extending to all persons, times, places, and things, Heb_4:13. Psa_50:10. &c.
4. perfect, relating to what is past, present, and to come. He knows all by his own essence, and not derived from any other; not successively, as we do, but independently, distinctly, infallibly, and perpetually, Jer_10:6-7. Rom_11:1-36.
5. This knowledge is peculiar to himself, Mar_13:32. Job_36:4. and not communicable to any creature.
6. It is incomprehensible to us how God knows all things, yet it is evident that he does; for to suppose otherwise is to suppose him an imperfect being, and directly contrary to the revelation he has given of himself, 1Jn_3:20. Job_28:24. Job_21:22.
See Charnock's Works, vol. 1: p. 271; Abernethy's Sermons, vol. 1: p. 290, 306; Howe's Works, vol. 1: p. 102, 103; Gill's Div. vol. 1: p. 85. oct.