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(1.) The God with whom we have to do is a
seeing God, and all-seeing God. God is (as the
ancients express it) all eye.
(2.) We ought to acknowledge this with
application to ourselves. He that sees all sees
me, as David (Ps 139:1), O Lord, thou hast
searched me, and known me.
(3.) A believing regard to God, as a God that
sees us, will be of great use to us in our returns
to him. It is a proper word for a penitent:--
[1.] "Thou seest my sin and folly." I have
sinned before thee, says the prodigal; in thy
sight, says David.
[2.] "Thou seest my sorrow and affliction;" this
Hagar especially refers to. When we have
brought ourselves into distress by our own
folly, yet God has not forsaken us.
[3.] "Thou seest the sincerity and seriousness
of my return and repentance. Thou seest my
secret mournings for sin, and secret motions
towards thee."