# “Whatsoever God is, He is infinitely so” by Stephen Charnock

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- Published: 2020-09-09T12:00:24-05:00
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“All the perfections of God are infinitely elevated above the excellencies of the
creatures, above whatsoever can be conceived by the clearest and most piercing understanding.

The nature of God, as a Spirit, is infinitely superior to whatsoever we can conceive
perfect in the notion of a created spirit.

Whatsoever God is, He is infinitely so.

He is infinite wisdom, infinite goodness, infinite knowledge, infinite power, infinite
spirit, infinitely distant from the weakness of creatures, infinitely mounted above
the excellencies of creatures.

As easy to be known _that_ He is, as impossible to be comprehended _what_ He is.

Conceive of Him as excellent, without any imperfection, as a Spirit without parts,
as great without quantity, as perfect without quality, as everywhere without place,
as powerful without members, as understanding without ignorance, as wise without
reasoning, as light without darkness.

Conceive of Him as infinitely more excelling the beauty of all creatures, than the
light in the sun pure and unviolated exceeds the splendour of the sun dispersed 
and divided through a cloudy and misty air.

And when you have risen to the highest, conceive Him yet infinitely above all you
can conceive of spirit, and acknowledge the infirmity of your own minds.

And whatsoever conception comes into your minds, say, ‘This is not God. God is more
than this.’

If I could conceive Him, He were not God, for God is incomprehensibly above whatsoever
I can say, whatsoever I can think and conceive of Him.”

–Stephen Charnock, _[“A Discourse Upon God’s Being a Spirit,” ](https://www.amazon.com/dp/184871100X?tag=toletaupanre-20)
[The Works of Stephen Charnock, Vol. 1](https://www.amazon.com/dp/184871100X?tag=toletaupanre-20)_(
Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1681/2010), 1: 279.

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