Paragraph 2.1

Of the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

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 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

The Westminster Confession of Faith (1646)

2.1

There is but one only⁠1 living and true God,⁠2 who is infinite in being and perfection,⁠3 a most pure spirit,⁠4 invisible,⁠5 without body, parts,⁠6 or passions,⁠7 immutable,⁠8 immense,⁠9 eternal,⁠10 incomprehensible,⁠11 almighty,⁠12 most wise,⁠13 most holy,⁠14 most free,⁠15 most absolute,⁠16 working all things according to the counsel of his own immutable and most righteous will,⁠17 for his own glory;⁠18 most loving,⁠19 gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin;⁠20 the rewarder of them that diligently seek him;⁠21 and withal most just and terrible in his judgments;⁠22 hating all sin,⁠23 and who will by no means clear the guilty.⁠24