John Trapp on Psalms 139:7

Verſ. 7 Whither ſhall I go from thy Spirit? Here he argueth Gods omniſcience from his omnipreſence; and this the Heathens alſo had heard of, as appeareth by their Jovis omnia plena; and —quaſcu[illegible: 1 letter] que acceſſeris oras. Sub Jove ſemp[illegible: 2 letters] eris, &c.

Empedocles could ſay, that God is a circle, whoſe center is every where, whoſe circumference is no where. They could tell us that God is the ſoul of the World: and that as the ſoul is tota in toto, & tota in qualibet parte, ſo is hee that his eye is in every corner, &c. to which purpoſe they ſo pourtraied their goddeſs Minerva, that which way ſoever one caſt his eye, ſhee alwayes beheld him. But theſe divine notions they might have by tradition from the Patriarches: and whether they beleeved themſelves in theſe and the like, ſayings, is much to bee doubted.

Or whither ſhall I flee from thy preſence?] Surely no whither: they that attempt it, do but as the fiſh which ſwimmeth to the length of the line, with an hook in the mouth.