There is but one only, ⁸¹Deut. 6:4, 1 Cor. 8:4–6 living, and true God, ⁸²1 Thess. 1:9, Jer. 10:10 who is infinite in being and perfection, ⁸³Job 11:7–9, Job 26:14 a most pure spirit, ⁸⁴John 4:24 invisible, ⁸⁵1 Tim. 1:17 without body, parts, ⁸⁶Deut. 4:15–16, John 4:24, Luke 24:39 or passions; ⁸⁷Acts 14:11,15 immutable, ⁸⁸James 1:17, Mal. 3:6 immense, ⁸⁹1 Kings 8:27, Jer. 23:23–24 eternal, ⁹⁰Ps. 90:2, 1 Tim. 1:17 incomprehensible, ⁹¹Ps. 145:3 almighty, ⁹²Gen. 17:1, Rev. 4:8 most wise, ⁹³Rom. 16:27 most holy, ⁹⁴Isa. 6:3, Rev. 4:8 most free, ⁹⁵Ps. 115:3 most absolute; ⁹⁶Exod. 3:14 working all things according to the counsel of His own immutable and most righteous will, ⁹⁷Eph. 1:11 for His own glory; ⁹⁸Prov. 16:4, Rom. 11:36 most loving, ⁹⁹1 John 4:8,16 gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin; ¹⁰⁰Exod. 34:6–7 the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him; ¹⁰¹Heb. 11:6 and withal, most just, and terrible in His judgments, ¹⁰²Neh. 9:32–33 hating all sin, ¹⁰³Ps. 5:5–6 and who will by no means clear the guilty. ¹⁰⁴Nah. 1:2–3, Exod. 34:7
2. God hath all life, ¹⁰⁵John 5:26 glory, ¹⁰⁶Acts 7:2 goodness, ¹⁰⁷Ps. 119:68 blessedness, ¹⁰⁸1 Tim. 6:15, Rom. 9:5 in and of Himself; and is alone in and unto Himself all-sufficient, not standing in need of any creatures which He hath made, ¹⁰⁹Acts 17:24–25 nor deriving any glory from them, ¹¹⁰Job 22:2–3 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 ¹¹¹Rom. 11:36 and hath most sovereign dominion over them, to do by them, for them, or upon them whatsoever Himself pleaseth. ¹¹²Rev. 4:11, 1 Tim. 6:15, Dan. 4:25, 35 In His sight all things are open and manifest, ¹¹³Heb. 4:13 His knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent upon the creature, ¹¹⁴Rom. 11:33–34, Ps. 147:5 so as nothing is to Him contingent, or uncertain. ¹¹⁵Acts 15:18, Ezek. 11:5 He is most holy in all His counsels, in all His works, and in all His commands. ¹¹⁶Ps. 145:17, Rom. 7:12 To Him is due from angels and men, and every other creature, whatsoever worship, service, or obedience He is pleased to require of them. ¹¹⁷Rev. 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: ¹¹⁸1 John 5:7. Matt 3:16–17, Matt. 28:19, 2 Cor. 13:14 the Father is of none, neither begotten, not proceeding; the Son is eternally begotten of the Father; ¹¹⁹John 1:14, 18 the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son. ¹²⁰John 15:26, Gal. 4:6