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The Large Catechiſm. 3 One True and Eternal God, the ſame in Subſtance, equal in Power and Glory, altho' diſtinguiſhed by their Perſonal Properties l. 1 I John v.7. Mar. iii. 16, 17, & xxviii. 19. 2. Cor. xiii14. 7ob x 30. Q. What are the Perſonal Properties of the Three Per. int in the Godhead > 4. It is proper to the Father to beget the Son, and to the Son to be begotten of the Father #, and to the Holy Ghoſt to proceed from the Father and the Son from all Eternity o. m Heb. i. 5, 6, 8. n John i. 14, 18. o John xv. 26. Gal. iv. 6. Q How doth it appear that the Son and the Holy Ghost are God equal with the Father? A. The scriptures manifeſt that the Son and the Holy Ghoſt are God equal with the Father, aſcrib- ing unto them ſuch Names, Attributes 4. Works F, and Worſhip S. us are proper to God only. p. vi. 3, 5, 8, with John xii. 41. As xxvii. 35. John V. 20. Acts v. 3, 4. 9 John i.I. Iſa. ix. 6 Jobs i. 24, 25. 1 Cor. ii. 10, 11. Col. i. 16. Gen. i. 2. f Mot. xxviii, 19. 2. Cor. xii, 14- Q. What are the Decrees of God? A. God's Decrees are the wife, free and holy Acts of the Counſel of his Will t, whereby, from all Eter- nity, he hath, for his own Glory, unchangeably foreordained whatſoever comes to paſs in Time v. e- ſpecially concerning Angels and Men. t Eph. i. 11. Rom. xi. 33, & ix. 14, 15, 18. Eph. i. 4. 11. Rom. ix. 22, 23. Psal. xxxiii. 11. Q. Whabarh God epecially decreed concerning Angels and Me? A. God by an Eternal and Immutable Decree, out of his mere Love, for the Praiſe of his glorious Grace, to be manifeſted in due Time, hath elected ſome An- A 2 gels