1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith

1. The Lord our God is but one only living and true God; whose subsistence is in and of Himself,¹ infinite in being and perfection; whose essence cannot be comprehended by any but Himself;² a most pure spirit,³ invisible, without body, parts, or passions, who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto;⁴ who is immutable,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 Corinthians 8:4, 6; Deuteronomy 6:4
2. Jeremiah 10:10; Isaiah 48:12
3. Exodus 3:14
4. John 4:24
5. 1 Timothy 1:17; Deuteronomy 4:15-16
6. Malachi 3:6
7. 1 Kings 8:27; Jeremiah 23:23
8. Psalms 90:2
9. Genesis 17:1
10. Isaiah 6:3
11. Colossians 3:16
12. Proverbs 16:4; Romans 11:36
13. Exodus 34:6-7; Hebrews 11:6
14. Nehemiah 9:32-33
15. Psalms 5:5-6
16. Exodus 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 pleases;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.

17. John 5:26
18. Ps. 148:13
19. Ps. 119:68
20. Job 22:2-3
21. Rom. 11:34-36
22. Dan. 4:25, 34-35
23. Heb. 4:13
24. Ezek. 11:5; Acts 15:18
25. Ps. 145:17
26. Rev. 5:12-14

3. In this divine and infinite Being there are three subsistences, the Father, the Word or Son, and 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.

27. 1 John 5:7; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14
28. Exod. 3:14; John 14:11; 1 Cor. 8:6
29. John 1:14, 18
30. John 15:26; Gal. 4:6