{"number":5,"title":"Are there more Gods than one?","part":null,"questions":[5],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Are there more Gods than one?","answer":"There is but one only, the living and true God.","segments":[{"text":"There is but one only, the living and true God.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Doth the Scripture mention no more Gods than one?","answer":"Yes, diverse so called in Scripture, 1. Angels, 2. Magistrates, 3. Satan and satanical Apparitions, 4. The Belly, 5. Idols.","segments":[{"text":"Yes, diverse so called in Scripture, 1. Angels,","proofs":["Psalm 8:5","Hebrews 2:7","Psalm 86:8","138:1","97:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 8:5","osis":["Ps.8.5"]},{"printed":"Hebrews 2:7","osis":["Heb.2.7"]},{"printed":"Psalm 86:8","osis":["Ps.86.8"]},{"printed":"138:1","osis":["Ps.138.1"]},{"printed":"97:7","osis":["Ps.97.7"]}],"note":null},{"text":"2. Magistrates,","proofs":["Exodus 22:28","Psalm 82:1–2, 6–7","John 10:34–36"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 22:28","osis":["Exod.22.28"]},{"printed":"Psalm 82:1–2, 6–7","osis":["Ps.82.1-Ps.82.2","Ps.82.6-Ps.82.7"]},{"printed":"John 10:34–36","osis":["John.10.34-John.10.36"]}],"note":null},{"text":"3. Satan and satanical Apparitions,","proofs":["2 Corinthians 4:4","1 Samuel 28:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 4:4","osis":["2Cor.4.4"]},{"printed":"1 Samuel 28:13","osis":["1Sam.28.13"]}],"note":null},{"text":"4. The Belly,","proofs":["Philippians 3:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Philippians 3:19","osis":["Phil.3.19"]}],"note":null},{"text":"5. Idols.","proofs":["Psalm 96:5","Exodus 12:12","2 Chronicles 7:19","32:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 96:5","osis":["Ps.96.5"]},{"printed":"Exodus 12:12","osis":["Exod.12.12"]},{"printed":"2 Chronicles 7:19","osis":["2Chr.7.19"]},{"printed":"32:13","osis":["2Chr.32.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"How then is God differenced from these?","answer":"Our Catechism gives three differences between them in the Titles it gives to God, the God of Heaven.","segments":[{"text":"Our Catechism gives three differences between them in the Titles it gives to God, the God of Heaven.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Which is the first Title given him?","answer":"God is one only in opposition to many Gods.","segments":[{"text":"God is one only in opposition to many Gods.","proofs":["Deuteronomy 6:4","1 Corinthians 8:5–6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 6:4","osis":["Deut.6.4"]},{"printed":"1 Corinthians 8:5–6","osis":["1Cor.8.5-1Cor.8.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"How may it be proved that there is but one God?","answer":"There can be but one Infinite, Eternal and Vnchangeable Being.","segments":[{"text":"There can be but one Infinite, Eternal and Vnchangeable Being.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What Titles else hath the God of Heaven given him here?","answer":"He is, and he is said to be the living and the true God.","segments":[{"text":"He is, and he is said to be the living and the true God.","proofs":["Deuteronomy 10:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 10:10","osis":["Deut.10.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"How is God said to be the living God?","answer":"Two waies, 1. In opposition to dead Idols. 2. In that he hath his life from himself. and gives life to all other things.","segments":[{"text":"Two waies, 1. In opposition to dead Idols.","proofs":["Psalm 115:4–7","Habakkuk 2:19","1 Thessalonians 2:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 115:4–7","osis":["Ps.115.4-Ps.115.7"]},{"printed":"Habakkuk 2:19","osis":["Hab.2.19"]},{"printed":"1 Thessalonians 2:9","osis":["1Thess.2.9"]}],"note":null},{"text":"2. In that he hath his life from himself. and gives life to all other things.","proofs":["Jeremiah 4:2","Deuteronomy 32:40","Hebrews 6:13","Revelation 10:5–6","Acts 17:25, 28"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 4:2","osis":["Jer.4.2"]},{"printed":"Deuteronomy 32:40","osis":["Deut.32.40"]},{"printed":"Hebrews 6:13","osis":["Heb.6.13"]},{"printed":"Revelation 10:5–6","osis":["Rev.10.5-Rev.10.6"]},{"printed":"Acts 17:25, 28","osis":["Acts.17.25","Acts.17.28"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But the Creatures are, and are said to be living also.","answer":"True, but not as God is living; they have not their life from themselves, nor do they give life to other things, as God hath and doth.","segments":[{"text":"True, but not as God is living; they have not their life from themselves, nor do they give life to other things, as God hath and doth.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"How is God said to be the true God?","answer":"Because he is God really and indeed, not by way of imagination as Idols are, but by nature he is so.","segments":[{"text":"Because he is God really and indeed, not by way of imagination as Idols are, but by nature he is so.","proofs":["Galatians 4:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 4:8","osis":["Gal.4.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"How doth it appear that God is true, that he hath a true being, or that there is a God indeed? Or how may it be proved that there is a God?","answer":"It may be proved that there is a God, by the Testimony of Conscience, and by the Word of God.","segments":[{"text":"It may be proved that there is a God, by the Testimony of Conscience, and by the Word of God.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"How is Conscience a witness of this first Truth?","answer":"1. As it excuses and comforts in well-doing against the disgraces, slanders and Persecutions of the world; and as it accuses and terrifies for sin secretly committed, which never did, nor shall come into the knowledge of men: Acting both these waies with respect to an higher Tribunal, where the supream Iudge will avenge the righteous and vindicate their Cause, and punish the wicked, condemning them to shame and everlasting contempt.","segments":[{"text":"1. As it excuses and comforts in well-doing against the disgraces, slanders and Persecutions of the world; and as it accuses and terrifies for sin secretly committed, which never did, nor shall come into the knowledge of men: Acting both these waies with respect to an higher Tribunal, where the supream Iudge will avenge the righteous and vindicate their Cause, and punish the wicked, condemning them to shame and everlasting contempt.","proofs":["Romans 2:15","Genesis 4:7, 13","Ecclesiastes 9:7","Matthew 27:4–5","Acts 5:41","16:25","24:25","Romans 2:5–13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 2:15","osis":["Rom.2.15"]},{"printed":"Genesis 4:7, 13","osis":["Gen.4.7","Gen.4.13"]},{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 9:7","osis":["Eccl.9.7"]},{"printed":"Matthew 27:4–5","osis":["Matt.27.4-Matt.27.5"]},{"printed":"Acts 5:41","osis":["Acts.5.41"]},{"printed":"16:25","osis":["Acts.16.25"]},{"printed":"24:25","osis":["Acts.24.25"]},{"printed":"Romans 2:5–13","osis":["Rom.2.5-Rom.2.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"How is it proved by the Word of God, that there is a God?","answer":"2. As the Word of God makes manifest the secrets of the heart, and without excellency of speech, or of wisdom, under plainness and easiness of stile becomes the power of God to Salvation.","segments":[{"text":"2. As the Word of God makes manifest the secrets of the heart, and without excellency of speech, or of wisdom, under plainness and easiness of stile becomes the power of God to Salvation.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"How doth the Word manifesting the secrets of the heart and becoming the power of God to Salvation, prove that there is a God?","answer":"Because these are the Works which none but the All-seeing, and Almighty God ever did, or can do.","segments":[{"text":"Because these are the Works which none but the All-seeing,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 14:24–25","2 Kings 6:11–12","Romans 8:27","Psalm 7:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 14:24–25","osis":["1Cor.14.24-1Cor.14.25"]},{"printed":"2 Kings 6:11–12","osis":["2Kgs.6.11-2Kgs.6.12"]},{"printed":"Romans 8:27","osis":["Rom.8.27"]},{"printed":"Psalm 7:9","osis":["Ps.7.9"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and Almighty","proofs":["Romans 1:16","Ephesians 1:19–21","John 10:37–38"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 1:16","osis":["Rom.1.16"]},{"printed":"Ephesians 1:19–21","osis":["Eph.1.19-Eph.1.21"]},{"printed":"John 10:37–38","osis":["John.10.37-John.10.38"]}],"note":null},{"text":"God ever did, or can do.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But who ever saw God, that every one is thus confident to affirm that there is a God?","answer":"1. Men may without suspicion of rashness and unadvised confidence affirm that there are many things which no man ever saw or can see; for no man ever saw the wind or the air, and yet all are confident that there are both: And who ever saw his own face but in a glass, and never out of a glass, and yet this contenteth him. But, 2. We are not without the sight of God; For, 1. God is seen in his works. 2. The Fathers have seen him by sundry visions; and Moses saw the similitude of the Lord, or his back parts: but his face can no man see. It pleased God to appear to them of old not as he is, but as he vouchsafed to manifest himself to them: For if they had seen him as he is, then all of them had seen him after one manner because he is one: And this sight of God was also external. 3. It hath pleased him in more comfortable manner to reveal himself to his Saints by his Word, by which they behold his beauty in his Temple, and with open face see his Image as it is represented to them in the mirror of the Gospel, and are transformed into the same. 4. God is seen by inward contemplation, and this sight is the more excellent than the rest, because it is more inward. 5. He is seen by Faith. 6. The Faithful have the clearest sight of God in Heaven. Here their Faith is turned into Vision, and their present sight of God, if compared with that which is to come, is not worthy the name of sight, 1 Cor. 13. 12. 7. God is to be seen in the face of Iesus Christ, who is the brightness of his glory and the express Image of his Person; And that we might both know that God is, and what he is, this only begotten Son of God which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.","segments":[{"text":"1. Men may without suspicion of rashness and unadvised confidence affirm that there are many things which no man ever saw or can see; for no man ever saw the wind or the air, and yet all are confident that there are both: And who ever saw his own face but in a glass, and never out of a glass, and yet this contenteth him. But, 2. We are not without the sight of God; For, 1. God is seen in his works.","proofs":["Romans 1:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 1:20","osis":["Rom.1.20"]}],"note":null},{"text":"2. The Fathers have seen him by sundry visions; and Moses saw the similitude of the Lord, or his back parts: but his face can no man see. It pleased God to appear to them of old not as he is, but as he vouchsafed to manifest himself to them: For if they had seen him as he is, then all of them had seen him after one manner because he is one: And this sight of God was also external. 3. It hath pleased him in more comfortable manner to reveal himself to his Saints by his Word, by which they behold his beauty in his Temple, and with open face see his Image as it is represented to them in the mirror of the Gospel, and are transformed into the same. 4. God is seen by inward contemplation, and this sight is the more excellent than the rest, because it is more inward. 5. He is seen by Faith.","proofs":["Hebrews 11:27"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 11:27","osis":["Heb.11.27"]}],"note":null},{"text":"6. The Faithful have the clearest sight of God in Heaven. Here their Faith is turned into Vision, and their present sight of God, if compared with that which is to come, is not worthy the name of sight, 1 Cor. 13. 12. 7. God is to be seen in the face of Iesus Christ, who is the brightness of his glory and the express Image of his Person; And that we might both know that God is, and what he is, this only begotten Son of God which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.","proofs":["Hebrews 1:2–3","John 14:8–9","1:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 1:2–3","osis":["Heb.1.2-Heb.1.3"]},{"printed":"John 14:8–9","osis":["John.14.8-John.14.9"]},{"printed":"1:18","osis":["John.1.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}