_Secondly_, The consideration of God’s omniscience should be improved, to humble us under a sense of sin, but especially of secret sins, which are all known to him: thus it is said, _Thou hast set our iniquities before thee; our secret sins in the light of thy countenance_, Psal. xc. 8. and _his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings_, Job xxxiv. 21. There are many things which we know concerning ourselves, that no creature is privy to, which occasions self-conviction, and might fill us with shame and confusion of face. But this falls infinitely short of God’s omniscience; _for if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things_, 1 John iii. 20. And this should make sinners tremble at the thoughts of a future judgment; for if sins be not pardoned, he is able to bring them to remembrance, and, as he threatens he will do, _set them in order before their eyes_, Psal. l. 21. _Thirdly_, The due consideration of this divine perfection, will, on the other hand, tend very much to the comfort of believers: he seeth their secret wants, the breathings of their souls after him, and as our Saviour saith, _Their Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward them openly_, Matt. vi. 4. With what pleasure may they appeal to God, as the searcher of hearts, concerning their sincerity, when it is called in question by men. And when they are afraid of contracting guilt and defilement, by secret faults, which they earnestly desire, with the Psalmist, to be cleansed from, Psal. xix. 12. it is some relief to them to consider that God knows them, and therefore is able to give them repentance for them; so that they may pray with David; _Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting_, Psal. cxxxix. 23, 24. Moreover, it is a quieting thought, to all who are affected with the church’s troubles, and the deep laid designs of its enemies against it, to consider that God knows them, and therefore can easily defeat, and turn them into foolishness. _Fourthly_, The due consideration of God’s omniscience will be of great use to all Christians, to promote a right frame of spirit in holy duties; it will make them careful how they behave themselves as being in his sight; and tend to fill them with a holy reverence, as those that are under his immediate inspection, that they may approve themselves to him.