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Chapter 2:
Of God, and of the Holy Trinity
2:1 There is but one only (Deu_6:4;
1Co_8:4,
1Co_8:6)
living, and true God (Jer_10:10;
1Th_1:9):
who is infinite in being and perfection (Job_11:7-9,
Job_26:14),
a most pure spirit (Joh_4:24),
invisible (1Ti_1:17),
without body, parts (Deu_4:15,
Deu_4:16;
Luk_24:39;
Joh_4:24),
or passions (Act_14:11,
Act_14:15),
immutable (Mal_3:6;
Jam_1:17),
immense (1Ki_8:27;
Jer_23:23,
Jer_23:24),
eternal (Psa_90:2;
1Ti_1:17),
incomprehensible (Psa_145:3),
almighty (Gen_17:1;
Rev_4:8),
most wise (Rom_16:27),
most holy (Isa_6:3;
Rev_4:8),
most free (Psa_115:3),
most absolute (Exo_3:14),
working all things according to the counsel of His own immutable and most
righteous will (Eph_1:11),
for His own glory (Pro_16:4;
Rom_11:36);
most loving (1Jo_4:8,
1Jo_4:16),
gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth,
forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin (Exo_34:6,
Exo_34:7);
the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him (Heb_11:6);
and with all most just and terrible in His judgments (Neh_9:32,
Neh_9:33),
hating all sin (Psa_5:5,
Psa_5:6),
and who will by no means clear the guilty (Exo_34:7;
Nah_1:2,
Nah_1:3).
2:2 God hath all life ( Joh_5:26),
glory (Act_7:2),
goodness (Psa_119:68),
blessedness (Rom_9:5;
1Ti_6:15),
in and of Himself; and is alone in and unto Himself all-sufficient, not
standing in need of any creatures which He hath made (Act_17:24,
Act_17:25),
not deriving any glory from them (Job_22:2,
Job_22:23),
but only manifesting His own glory in, by, unto, and upon them: He is the
alone fountain of all being, of whom, through whom, and to whom are all
things (Rom_11:36);
and hath most sovereign dominion over them, to do by them, for them, or
upon them whatsoever Himself pleaseth (Dan_4:25,
Dan_4:35;
1Ti_6:15;
Rev_4:11).
In His sight all things are open and manifest (Heb_4:13);
His knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent upon the creature (Psa_147:5;
Rom_11:33,
Rom_11:34),
so as nothing is to Him contingent, or uncertain (Eze_11:5;
Act_15:18).
He is most holy in all His counsels, in all His works, and in all his
commands Psa_145:17;
Rom_7:12).
To Him is due from angels and men, and every other creature, whatsoever
worship, service, or obedience he is pleased to require of them (Rev_5:12-14).
2:3 In the unity of the Godhead there be three persons, of one
substance, power, and eternity; God the Father, God the Son, and God the
Holy Ghost ( Mat_3:16,
Mat_3:17;
Mat_28:19;
2Co_13:14;
1Jo_5:7).
The Father is of none, neither begotten, nor proceeding: the Son is
eternally begotten of the Father: the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from
the Father and the Son (Joh_1:14,
Joh_1:18).
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