Note, 1. God sets himself at a distance from those that set him at defiance: The wicked say to the Almighty, Depart from us , and he is, accordingly, far from them; he does not manifest himself to them, has no communion with them, will not hear them, will not help them, no, not in the time of their need. They shall be for ever banished from his presence and he will behold them afar off. Depart fro...