Of God, and of the Holy Trinity

I. There is but one only,[1] living, and true God,[2] who is infinite in being and perfection,[3] a most pure spirit,[4] invisible,[5] without body, parts,[6] or passions;[7] immutable,[8] immense,[9] eternal,[10] incomprehensible,[11] almighty,[12] most wise,[13] most holy,[14] most free,[15] most absolute;[16] working all things according to the counsel of his own immutable and most righteous will,[17] for his own glory;[18] most loving,[19] gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin;[20] the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him;[21] and withal, most just, and terrible in his judgments,[22] hating all sin,[23] and who will by no means clear the guilty.[24]

II. God has all life,[25] glory,[26] goodness,[27] blessedness,[28] in and of Himself; and is alone in and unto he himself all-sufficient, not standing in need of any creatures which he has made,[29] nor deriving any glory from them,[30] 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;[31] and has most sovereign dominion over them, to do by them, for them, or upon them whatsoever himself pleases.[32] In his sight all things are open and manifest,[33] his knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent upon the creature,[34] so as nothing is to Him contingent, or uncertain.[35] He is most holy in all his counsels, in all his works, and in all his commands.[36] To Him is due from angels and men, and every other creature, whatsoever worship, service, or obedience he is pleased to require of them.[37]

III. 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.[38] The Father is of none, neither begotten nor proceeding; the Son is eternally begotten of the Father; [39] the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son. [40]

Reference texts

[1]. Deut 6:4; 1 Cor 8:4, 6. • [2]. Jer 10:10; 1 Thes 1:9. • [3]. Job 11:7-9; 26:14. • [4]. John 4:24. • [5]. 1 Tim 1:17. • [6]. Deut 4:15-16; John 4:24 with Luke 24:39. • [7]. Acts 14:11, 15. • [8]. Mal 3:6; James 1:17. • [9]. 1 Kings 8:27; Jer 23:23-24. • [10]. Psa 90:2; 1 Tim 1:17. • [11]. Psa 145:3. • [12]. Gen 17:1; Rev 4:8. • [13]. Rom 16:27. • [14]. Isa 6:3; Rev 4:8. • [15]. Psa 115:3. • [16]. Exod 3:14. • [17]. Eph 1:11. • [18]. Prov 16:4; Rom 11:36. • [19]. 1 John 4:8, 16. • [20]. Exod 34:6-7. • [21]. Heb 11:6. • [22]. Neh 9:32-33. • [23]. Psa 5:5-6. • [24]. Exod 34:7; Nahum 1:2-3.

[25]. John 5:26. • [26]. Acts 7:2. • [27]. Psa 119:68. • [28]. Rom 9:5; 1 Tim 6:15. • [29]. Acts 17:24-25. • [30]. Job 22:2-3. • [31]. Rom 11:36. • [32]. Dan 4:25, 35; 1 Tim 6:15; Rev 4:11. • [33]. Heb 4:13. • [34]. Psa 147:5; Rom 11:33-34. • [35]. Ezek 11:5; Acts 15:18. • [36]. Psa 145:17; Rom 7:12. • [37]. Rev 5:12-14.

[38]. Mat 3:16-17; 28:19; 2 Cor 13:14; 1 John 5:7. • [39]. John 1:14, 18. • [40]. John 15:26; Gal 4:6.