The Westminster Confession of Faith:
Chapter 2
Chapter 2. Of God, and of the Holy
Trinity.
1. There is but one onlya living and true
God,b who is infinite in being and perfection,c a
most pure spirit,d invisible,e without body,
parts,f or passions,g immutable,h
immense,i eternal,k incomprehensible,l
almighty,m most wise,n most holy,o most
free,p most absolute,q working all things
according to the counsel of his own immutable and most righteous will,r
for his own glory;s most loving,t gracious,
merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving
iniquity, transgression, and sin;u the rewarder of them that
diligently seek him;w and withal most just and terrible in
his judgments;x hating all sin,y and who will by
no means clear the guilty.z
a. Deut 6:4; 1 Cor
8:4, 6. • b. Jer 10:10; 1 Thes 1:9. • c. Job 11:7-9;
26:14. • d. John 4:24. • e. 1 Tim 1:17. • f. Deut
4:15-16; John 4:24 with Luke 24:39. • g. Acts 14:11, 15. •
h. Mal 3:6; James 1:17. • i. 1 Kings 8:27; Jer 23:23-24. •
k. Psa 90:2; 1 Tim 1:17. • l. Psa 145:3. • m. Gen
17:1; Rev 4:8. • n. Rom 16:27. • o. Isa 6:3; Rev 4:8. •
p. Psa 115:3. • q. Exod 3:14. • r. Eph 1:11. • s.
Prov 16:4; Rom 11:36. • t. 1 John 4:8, 16. • u. Exod
34:6-7. • w. Heb 11:6. • x. Neh 9:32-33. • y. Psa
5:5-6. • z. Exod 34:7; Nahum 1:2-3.
2. God hath all life,a glory,b
goodness,c blessedness,d in and of himself; and is
alone in and unto himself all-sufficient, not standing in need of any
creatures which he hath made,e nor deriving any glory from
them,f 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;g and hath most sovereign dominion
over them, to do by them, for them, or upon them whatsoever himself
pleaseth.h In his sight all things are open and manifest;i
his knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent upon the
creature;k so as nothing is to him contingent or uncertain.l
He is most holy in all his counsels, in all his works, and in all his
commands.m To him is due from angels and men, and every other
creature, whatsoever worship, service, or obedience, he is pleased to
require of them.n
a. John 5:26. •
b. Acts 7:2. • c. Psa 119:68. • d. Rom 9:5; 1 Tim
6:15. • e. Acts 17:24-25. • f. Job 22:2-3. • g. Rom
11:36. • h. Dan 4:25, 35; 1 Tim 6:15; Rev 4:11. • i. Heb
4:13. • k. Psa 147:5; Rom 11:33-34. • l. Ezek 11:5; Acts
15:18. • m. Psa 145:17; Rom 7:12. • n. Rev 5:12-14.
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.a The Father is of none, neither begotten
nor proceeding; the Son is eternally begotten of the Father;b
the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son.c
a. Mat 3:16-17;
28:19; 2 Cor 13:14; 1 John 5:7. • b. John 1:14, 18. • c.
John 15:26; Gal 4:6.
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