2. everlasting, 3. without body, parts, or passions; ye ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. Isa. xlv. 22. 2. Before the mountains were brought forth, ot ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Psal. xc. 2. Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God? Hab. i. 12. Thy throne is established of old thou art from everlasting. Psal. xciii. 2. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. 1 Tim. i. 17. See also, Rom. xvi. 25, 26. 3. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John iv. 24. Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. Luke xxiv. 39. To whom will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? Isa. xl. 18. When they knew God, they glorified him not as God; and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Rom. i. 21. 23. We ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. Acts xvii. 29. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord. Jer. xxiii. 24. Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? Isa. xl. 28. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. Psal. cii. 25, 26, 27. God cannot be tempted with evil. James i. 13. If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest unto him? If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man. Job xxxv. 6, 7, 8. Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? 4. of infinite power, Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? Job xxii. 2, 3, 4. 4. The Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto wisdom, and him, I am the Almighty God. Gen. xvii. 1. goodness; 5. the Maker, and all things, both visible With He God all things are possible. Matt. xix. 26. What- 5. In the beginning God created the heaven and Preserver of the earth. Gen. i. 1. By him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and and invisible. invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him and he is before all things, and by him all things consist. Col. i. 16, 17. Upholding all things by the word of his power. Heb. i. 3. Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all. Neh. ix. 6. By the word of the Lord were k k 6. And in Godhead Persons, of one substance, power, and Father, the the heavens made: and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. Psal. xxxiii. 6. He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. The Portion of Jacob is not like them: [graven images :] for he is the Former of all things. Jer. x. 12. 16. Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: I the Lord have called thee in righteousness. Isa. xlii. 5, 6. See also, John i. 1, 2, 3.-Heb. i. 2. 6. Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one unity of this Lord. Deut. vi. 4. There is one God; and there there be three is none other but he. Mark xii. 32. I and my Father are One. John x. 30. In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Col. ii. 9. The eternity; the Comforter, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me. John xv. 26. There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these Three are One. 1 John v. 7. The Lord appeared unto Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God. Gen. xvii. 1. Son and the Holy Ghost. I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, saith the Lord, [Jesus Christ, see Rev. xxii. 13. 16.] which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Rev. i. 8. The inspiration of the Almighty [the Holy Ghost, see 1 Cor. ii. 10. -xii. 8.-2 Pet. i. 21.] giveth them understanding. Job xxxii. 8. According to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his Power. Eph. iii. 7. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in mine infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Cor. xii. 9. Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God. Rom. xv. 19. The mystery, which was kept secret since the 1. The Son, Word of the Father, begotten from world began, but now is made manifest according to the commandment of the Everlasting God. Rom. xvi. 25, 26. I [Jesus Christ] am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last. Rev. xxii. 13. Who through the Eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God. Heb. ix. 14. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Matt. xxviii. 19. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the Communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. 2 Cor. xiii. 14. Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. 1 Pet. i. 2. Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts. Gal. iv. 6. Praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Jude 20, 21. CCCIII. Article II. Of the Word, or Son of God, which was made very man. 1. Lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my which is the beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Matt. iii. 17. And devils also came out of many, crying out, everlasting of and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. Luke the Father, iv. 41. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. John i. 1, 2. 14. 18. His name is called, the Word of God. Rev. xix. 13. God hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son: the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person. Unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he 2. the very and eternal God, and of ther, shall be to me a Son? And again, when he bring. eth in the First-begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. Heb. i. 1, 2, 3. 5, 6. Thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Mic. v. 2. 2. Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. John viii. 58. 1 one substance am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, with the Fa- the First and the Last. Rev. xxii. 13. God was manifest in the flesh. 1 Tim. iii. 16. We know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. 1 John v. 20. Unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever. Heb. i. 8. Of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Rom. ix. 5. Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his Redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the First, and I am the Last; and beside me there is no God. Isa. xliv. 6. I and my Father are one. John x. 30. Jesus said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. John xii. 44, 45. 8. took of the blessed Virgin, of her 15. substance: 3. I will put enmity between thee and the woman, man's nature and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise in the womb thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Gen. iii. When the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law. Gal. iv. 4. The Lord himself shall give you a sign, Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isa. vii. 14. The angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: |