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in, and of himſelf, and is alone in, and unto himſelf all-ſufficient, not ſtanding in need of any creatures which he hath made^[1], nor deriving any Glory from them^[2], 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^[3]; and hath moſt Soveraign Dominion over them, to do by them, for them, or upon them whatſoever himſelf pleaſeth^[4]. In his ſight all things are open and manifeſt^[5], his knowledg is infinite, infallible, and independent upon the creature^[6], ſo as nothing is to him contingent or uncertain^[7]. He is moſt holy in all his councels, in all his works, and in all his commands^[8]. To him is due from Angels and Men, and every other creature, whatſoever worſhip, ſervice, or obedience he is pleaſed to require of them^[9].

III. In the Unity of the God-head there be Three Perſons, of one ſubſtance, power and eternity; God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghoſt^[10]. The Father is of none, neither begotten, nor proceeding: The Son is eternally begotten of the Father^[11]: the Holy Ghoſt eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son^[12].

Chap. III.

Of Gods eternall Decree.

GOD from all eternity did by the moſt wiſe and holy Counſell of his own Will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatſoever comes to paſs^[13]. Yet ſo, as thereby neither is God the Author of ſin^[14], nor is violence offered to the wil of the Creatures, nor is the Liberty or contingency of ſecond Cauſes taken away, but rather eſtabliſhed^[15].

1. Acts 17, 24, 25,
2. Iob, 2, 2, 23.
3. Rom. 11, 36,
4. Rev, 4, 11.
   1 Tim 6, 15,
   Dan. 4, 25. 35.
5. Heb. 4, 13.
6. Rom, 11, 33. 34,
   Pſal, 147, 5,
7. Acts 15, 18,
   Ezek, 11, 5,
8. Pſal. 145, 17.
   Rom. 7, 12,
9. Rev, 5, 12, 13, 14,
10. 1 Iohn 5, 7,
    Mat, 3, 16, 17,
    Mat, 28, 19,
    2 Cor, 13, 14,
11. Ioh, 1, 14, 18,
12. Ioh, 1, 15, 26
    Gal, 4, 6
13. Eph, 1, 11
    Rom, 11, 33,
    Heb, 6, 17,
    Rom, 9, 15, 18
14. Iam, 1, 13, 17
    1 Iohn 1, 5,
15. Acts 2, 23,
    Mat, 17, 12,
    Acts 4, 27, 28,
    Iob 19, 11,
    Prov, 16, 33,