_Of the only God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost._
We believe from the heart, and confess herewith according to the testimony of the word of God, that there is one, only, eternal, almighty, merciful and just God (Deut. 6:4; Matt. 19:17; Ps. 90:2; Isaiah 40:28; Rom. 16:26; Gen. 17:1; Ps. 103:8; Philippians 2:4; Dan. 9:7), and none other (1 Corinthians 8:4,5), to whom there is none like (Ex. 8:10; Is. 46:9), whose greatness is immeasurable, and his form indescribable, 2 Chr. 6:18; Job 11:8,9. Before whom, above whom, and beside whom, there is no other, Is. 43:11; Deut. 10:17; 32:39. Who is of himself that he is, Ex. 3:14. To whom all things that are owe their existence, Gen. 1; Ps. 146:6; Acts 14:15. Who is the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end, Rev. 21:6; Is. 41:4. Who knows, sees, and hears all things, Ps. 94:11; 1 John 3:20; Ps. 33:13; 94:9. Who alone is good, and the fountain and source of all good, Matt. 19:17; James 1:17. Wherefore to him, blessed be he, belongs and must be given all divine honor, fear, love and obedience (Ps. 29:1; Luke 2:14; Deut. 10:12,20; 6:5; Matt. 22:37; Jeremiah 11:7), which may not be shown to any other, neither to angels, nor to men, nor to any other, whether they be heavenly or earthly creatures, Rev. 19:10; Acts 10:26. For he will not give his glory unto another, neither his praise to idols, Is. 48:11; 42:8. But although God in the aforesaid manner manifests and makes himself known in general by his word: yet by the same word he also shows himself distinctively and separately, as, namely: That there are three that bear record in heaven, 1 John 5:7. Not three gods, but one Father, one Word or Son, and one Holy Ghost, even as this was shown, when the Lord Christ was baptized (Matt. 3:16); and is also taught in the words of Christ, where he commands his disciples to baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Matt. 28:19. So that therefore, according to the word of God, the Father is the true Father of the Son (Matt. 7:21; 10:32,33; 16:17; Mark 14:36; John 17), from whom the Son proceeded in an incomprehensible manner from eternity, and was born before every creature. Micah 5:2; Col. 1:15. Hence the Son is also the true Son of the Father (Ps. 2:7,12; Matt. 3:17; 17:5), so that also the Father, as far as he is the Father, is not the Son, John 3:16,17; Rom. 8:3; Gal. 4:4. That likewise the Son, as far as he is the Son, is not the Father, John 16:28; Rom. 5:10. But that herein the Father is another than the Son, and the Son another than the Father, John 5:32,37; 10:25,29; 15:24. That also the Father and the Son, as far as they are Father and Son, are not the Holy Ghost. That also the Holy Ghost, as far as he proceeds or is sent out by the Father, in the name of the Son, is another than the Father or the Son. But as far as the Father is God, eternal, uncreated, but the Creator of all things, with many other divine attributes, herein we believe that the Son and the Holy Ghost are one with the Father, to whom one and the same title of God, in the highest significance, honor, service, and obedience, belongs.