Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing) · Chapter 2
Of God and of the Holy Trinity
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1. The Lord our God is but one only living, and true God; whosea subsistence is in and of himself,b infinite in being, and perfection, whose Essence cannot be comprehended by any but himself;c a most pure spirit,d invisible, without body, parts, or passions, who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light, which no man can approach unto, who ise immutable,f immense,g eternal, incomprehensible,h Almighty, every way infinit,i most holy, most wise, most free, most absolute,j working all things according to the councel of his own immutable, and most righteous will,k for his own glory, most loving, gracious, merciful, long suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin,l the rewarder of them that diligently seek him, and withall most just,m and terrible in his judgements,n hating all sin, and who will by no means clear theo guilty.p
Proofs
Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.
- a1 Corinthians 8:4, 6; Deuteronomy 6:4
- bJeremiah 10:10; Isaiah 48:12
- cExodus 3:14
- dJohn 4:24
- e1 Timothy 1:17; Deuteronomy 4:15–16
- fMalachi 3:6
- g1 Kings 8:27; Jeremiah 23:23
- hPsalm 90:2
- iGenesis 17:1
- jIsaiah 6:3
- kPsalm 115:3; Isaiah 46:10
- lProverbs 16:4; Romans 11:36
- mExodus 34:6–7; Hebrews 11:6
- nNehemiah 9:32–33
- oPsalm 5:5–6
- pExodus 34:7; Nahum 1:2–3
Related texts
- Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 2.1
- Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658) 2.1
- Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) 2.1
Side by side, with what differs marked: The 1689 and its first printing, 1677
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