God’s Exhaustive Knowledge of Man

Let us place that Judge before our eyes, not according to the inadequate imaginations of our minds, but according to the descriptions given of him in the Scriptures, which represent him as one whose refulgence eclipses the stars, whose purity makes all things appear polluted, and who searches the inmost soul of his creatures,—let us so conceive of the Judge of all the earth, and everyone must present himself as a criminal before Him, and voluntarily prostrate and humble himself in deep mindfulness concerning his absolution.”