Hosea 11
Chapter 11
THERE is but one only living and true God,b who is infinite in being and perfection, a most pure spirit,d invisible, without body, parts,f or passions, immutable,h immense, eternal,k incomprehensible, almighty,m most wise, most holy,o most free, most absolute,q working all things according to the counsel of his own immutable and most righteous will, for his own glory:s most loving, gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin;u the rewarder of them that diligently seek him; and withal most just and terrible in his judgments;x hating all sin, and who will by no means clear the guilty.z
THERE is but one only living and true God,b who is infinite in being and perfection, a most pure spirit,d invisible, without body, parts,f or passions, immutable,h immense, eternal,k incomprehensible, almighty,m most wise, most holy,o most free, most absolute,q working all things according to the counsel of his own immutable and most righteous will, for his own glory:s most loving, gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin;u the rewarder of them that diligently seek him; and withal most just and terrible in his judgments;x hating all sin, and who will by no means clear the guilty.z
From the simplicity of God it follows that God and His attributes are one. The attributes cannot be considered as so many parts that enter into the composition of God, for God is not, like men, composed of different parts. Neither can they be regarded as something added to the Being of God, though the name, derived from ad and tribuere, might seem to point in that direction, for no addition was ever made to the Being of God, who is eternally perfect.
The Bible never operates with an abstract concept of God, but always describes Him as the Living God, who enters into various relations with His creatures, relations which are indicative of several different attributes. In
The Bible never operates with an abstract concept of God, but always describes Him as the Living God, who enters into various relations with His creatures, relations which are indicative of several different attributes.
From the simplicity of God it follows that God and His attributes are one. The attributes cannot be considered as so many parts that enter into the composition of God, for God is not, like men, composed of different parts. Neither can they be regarded as something added to the Being of God, though the name, derived from ad and tribuere, might seem to point in that direction, for no addition was ever made to the Being of God, who is eternally perfect.
THERE is but one only living and true God,b who is infinite in being and perfection, a most pure spirit,d invisible, without body, parts,f or passions, immutable,h immense, eternal,k incomprehensible, almighty,m most wise, most holy,o most free, most absolute,q working all things according to the counsel of his own immutable and most righteous will, for his own glory:s most loving, gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin;u the rewarder of them that diligently seek him; and withal most just and terrible in his judgments;x hating all sin, and who will by no means clear the guilty.z
