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 will¹¹ 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

¹1 Corinthians 8:4, 6; Deuteronomy 6:4 ²Jeremiah 10:10; Isaiah 48:12 ³Exodus 3:14 ⁴John 4:24 ⁵1 Timothy 1:17; Deuteronomy 4:15, 16 ⁶Malachi 3:6 ⁷1 Kings 8:27; Jeremiah 23:23 ⁸Psalms 90:2 ⁹Genesis 17:1 ¹⁰Isaiah 6:3 ¹¹Psalms 115:3; Isaiah 46:10 ¹²Proverbs 16:4; Romans 11:36 ¹³Exodus 34:6, 7; Hebrews 11:6 ¹⁴Nehemiah 9:32, 33 ¹⁵Psalms 5:5, 6 ¹⁶Exodus 34:7; Nahum 1:2, 3

2 God, having all life,¹⁷ glory,¹⁸ goodness,¹⁹ blessedness, in and of himself, is alone in and unto himself all-sufficient, not standing in need of any creature which he hath made, nor deriving any glory from them,²⁰ 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,²¹ and he hath most sovereign dominion over all creatures, to do by them, for them, or upon them, whatsoever himself pleaseth;²² in his sight all things are open and manifest,²³ his knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent upon the creature, so as nothing is to him contingent or uncertain;²⁴ he is most holy in all his counsels, in all his works,²⁵ and in all his commands; to him is due from angels and men, whatsoever worship,²⁶ service, or obedience, as creatures they owe unto the Creator, and whatever he is further pleased to require of them.

¹⁷John 5:26 ¹⁸Psalms 148:13 ¹⁹Psalms 119:68 ²⁰Job 22:2, 3 ²¹Romans 11:34–36 ²²Daniel 4:25, 34, 35 ²³Hebrews 4:13 ²⁴Ezekiel 11:5; Acts 15:18 ²⁵Psalms 145:17 ²⁶Revelation 5:12–14

3 In this divine and infinite Being there are three subsistences, the Father, the Word (or Son), and the Holy Spirit,²⁷ of one substance, power, and eternity, each having the whole divine essence, yet the essence undivided:²⁸ the Father is of none, neither begotten nor proceeding; the Son is eternally begotten of the Father;²⁹ the Holy Spirit proceeding from the Father and the Son;³⁰ all infinite, without beginning, therefore but one God, who is not to be divided in nature and being, but distinguished by several peculiar, relative properties and personal relations; which doctrine of the Trinity is the foundation of all our communion with God, and comfortable dependence on him.

²⁷1 John 5:7; Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14 ²⁸Exodus 3:14; John 14:11; 1 Corinthians 8:6 ²⁹John 1:14,18 ³⁰John 15:26; Galatians 4:6