The 1689LBCF | Chapter 2: Of God And Of The Holy Trinity - Paragraph 1

Chapter 2: Of God And Of The Holy Trinity PARAGRAPH 1 The Lord our God is but one only living and true God;1 whose subsistence is in and of Himself,2 infinite in being and perfection; whose essence cannot be comprehended by any but Himself;3 a most pure spirit,4 invisible, without body, parts, or passions, who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto;5 who is immutable,6 immense,7 eternal,8 incomprehensible, almighty,9 every way infinite, most holy,10 most wise, most free, most absolute; working all things according to the counsel of His own immutable and most righteous will,11 for His own glory;12 most loving, gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin; the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him,13 and withal most just and terrible in His judgments,14 hating all sin,15 and who will by no means clear the guilty.16 1 1 Cor. 8:4,6; Deut. 6:42 Jer. 10:10; Isa. 48:123 Exod. 3:144 John 4:245 1 Tim. 1:17; Deut. 4:15–166 Mal. 3:67 1 Kings 8:27; Jer. 23:238 Ps. 90:29 Gen. 17:110 Isa. 6:311 Ps. 115:3; Isa. 46:1012 Prov. 16:4; Rom. 11:3613 Exod. 34:6–7; Heb. 11:614 Neh. 9:32–3315 Ps. 5:5–616 Exod. 34:7; Nahum 1:2–3