Chapter II: Of God, and of the Holy Trinity. De Deo et Sacro-sancta Trinitate.
Of God, and of the Holy Trinity. De Deo et Sacro-sancta Trinitate.
I. There is but one only [897] living and true God, [898] who is infinite in being and perfection, [899] a most pure spirit, [900] invisible, [901] without body, parts, [902] or passions, [903] immutable, [904] immense, [905] eternal, [906] incomprehensible, [907] almighty, [908] most wise, [909] most holy, [910] most free, [911] most absolute, [912] working all things according to the counsel of his own immutable and most righteous will, [913] for his own glory; [914] most loving, [915] gracious, merciful, longsuffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin; [916] the rewarder of them that diligently seek him; [917] and withal most just and terrible in his judgments; [918] I. Unus est unicusque, [919] vivens ille et verus Deus: [920] qui idem est essentia et perfectione infinitus, [921] Spiritus purissimus, [922] invisibilis, [923] sine corpore, sine partibus, [924] sine passionibus, [925] immutabilis,
[926] immensus, [927] æternus, [928] incomprehensibilis, [929] omnipotens, [930] summe sapiens, [931] summe sanctus, [932] liberrimus,
[933] maxime absolutus; [934] operans omnia secundum consilium immutabilis suæ ac justissimæ voluntatis, [935] ad suam ipsius gloriam;
[936] idemque summa benignitate, [937] gratia, misericordia, et longanimitate; bonitate abundans et veritate; condonans iniquitatem, transgressionem et peccatum; [938] studiose quærentium ipsum remunerator; [939] sed et in judiciis suis justissimus idem ac tremendus maxime; [940]
hating all sin, [941] and who will by no means clear the guilty. .
[942] peccatum omne perosus, [943] et qui sontem nullo unquam absolvet modo. [944] II. God hath all life, [945] glory, [946] goodness, [947] blessedness,
[948] in and of himself; and is alone in and unto himself allsufficient, not standing in need of any creatures which he hath made, [949] nor deriving any glory from them, [950] but only manifesting his own glory in, by, unto, and upon them: he is the alone foundation of all being, of whom, through whom, and to whom are all things; [951] and hath most sovereign dominion over them, to do by them, for them, or upon them whatsoever himself pleaseth. [952] In his sight all things are open and manifest; [953] his knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent upon the creature; [954] so as nothing is to him contingent or uncertain. [955] He is most holy in all his counsels, in all his works, and in all his commands. [956] To him is due from angels and men, and every other creature, whatsoever worship, service, or obedience, he is pleased to require of them. [957] II. Omnem vitam, [958] omnem gloriam, [959] bonitatem, [960] beatitudinemque [961] omnem in sese habet et a seipso Deus; qui solus in se sibique est ad omnia sufficiens; creaturarum, quas ipse condidit, nullius egens, [962] nec gloriam ab eis derivans ullam, [963] verum in iis, per eas, iis ipsis, ac super eas propriam ipsius gloriam tantummodo manifestans. Is omnis entitatis fans est unicus, a quo, per quem et ad quem omnia; [964] summumque in ea dominium habet, ac per illa, pro illis, in illa pro suo arbitrio quidlibet agendi potestatem.
[965] In conspectu ejus aperta sunt omnia ac manifesta; [966] scientia ejus infinita est, infallibilis, atque a creatura independens, [967] adeo ut illi contingens incertumve nihil sit; [968] in omnibus ejus consiliis, operibus et mandatis est sanctissimus. [969] Quicquid cultus, quicquid officii, quicquid obsequii ab Angelis illi, ab hominibus, aut a quavis creatura exigere placet, id illi omne jure optimo debetur. [970] III. In the unity of the Godhead III. In Deitatis unitate personæ
head there be three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. [971] The Father is of none, neither begotten nor proceeding; the Son is eternally begotten of the Father; [972] the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son. [973] tres sunt unius ejusdemque essentiæ, potential ac æternitatis; Deus Pater, Deus Filius, ac Deus Spiritus Sanctus. [974] Pater quidem a nullo est, nec genitus nempe nec procedens: Filius autem a Patre est æterne genitus: [975] Spiritus autem Sanctus æterne procedens a Patre Filioque. [976]