The Westminster Confession of Faith

CHAPTER 2
Of God, and of the Holy Trinity.

I. There is but one only^a 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 1 Thess. 1:9; Jer. 10:10.
^c Job 11:7-9; Job 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 James 1:17; Mal. 3:6.
ⁱ 1 Kings 8:27; Jer. 23:23,24.
^k Ps. 90:2; 1 Tim. 1:17.
^l Ps. 145:3.
^m Gen. 17:1; Rev. 4:8.
ⁿ Rom. 16:27 .
^o Isa. 6:3; Rev. 4:8.
^p Ps. 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 Ps. 5:5,6.
^z Nah. 1:2,3; Exod. 34:7.

II. 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 Ps. 119:68.
^d 1 Tim. 6:15; Rom. 9:5.
^e Acts 17:24 ,25.
^f Job 22:2,3.
^g Rom 11:36.
^h Rev. 4:11; 1 Tim. 6:15; Dan. 4:25,35.
ⁱ Heb. 4:13.
^k Rom. 11:33,34; Ps. 147:5.
^l Acts 15:18; Ezek. 11:5.
^m Ps. 145:17; Rom. 7:12.
ⁿ Rev. 5:12-14.

III. 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.^o The Father is of none, neither begotten nor proceeding; the Son is eternally begotten of the Father;^p the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son.^q

^o 1 John 5:7; Matt. 3:16,17; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14.
^p John 1:14,18.
^q John 15:26; Gal. 4:6.