symbolics.dev

Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (modernized) · Chapter 2

Of God and of the Holy Trinity

API: GET /api/v1/documents/lbcf1689-modernized/paragraphs/2.1

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 has Immortality, dwelling in the Light, which no Man can approach unto, who ise immutable,f immense,g eternal, incomprehensible,h Almighty, every way infinite,i most holy, most wise, most free, most absolute,j working all Things according to the Counsel 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 withal most just,m and terrible in his Judgments,n hating all sin, and will by no means clear theo guilty.p

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

  1. a1 Corinthians 8:4, 6; Deuteronomy 6:4
  2. bJeremiah 10:10; Isaiah 48:12
  3. cExodus 3:14
  4. dJohn 4:24
  5. e1 Timothy 1:17; Deuteronomy 4:15–16
  6. fMalachi 3:6
  7. g1 Kings 8:27; Jeremiah 23:23
  8. hPsalm 90:2
  9. iGenesis 17:1
  10. jIsaiah 6:3
  11. kPsalm 115:3; Isaiah 46:10
  12. lProverbs 16:4; Romans 11:36
  13. mExodus 34:6–7; Hebrews 11:6
  14. nNehemiah 9:32–33
  15. oPsalm 5:5–6
  16. pExodus 34:7; Nahum 1:2–3

Related texts

Side by side, with what differs marked: Westminster, Savoy and the 1689, in modern spelling

Cite this

Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (modernized, 1689) 2.1, symbolics.dev/lbcf1689-modernized/2.1

Permalink: https://symbolics.dev/lbcf1689-modernized/2.1

See a mistake? Report it, with what the printing has.