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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY.
Adam Clarke
III.—ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.
This Jehovah is a Being of such infinite perfections, that no defect in
him can be imagined; nor can we conceive any thing that might raise,
improve, or exalt his nature. Because he is an infinite fulness, nothing can
be added: and because he fills all space—the heavens and the earth, and
inhabits eternity—nothing can be taken away from him. Whatever exists
must necessarily be his creature, or an effect produced by him, the
supreme First Cause. As he is independent and self-sufficient, he needs
nothing that he has made. From eternity he existed without any other kind
of being; and when he chose to create innumerable beings of endlessly
varied natures, and possessing various degrees of relative perfection, he
still continued to be the same independent being; all others deriving their
existence and support from him.
UNITY.—There is ONE GOD, who is self-existing, uncreated, infinitely
wise, powerful, and good; who is present in every place; and fills the
heavens, and earth, and all things. Now, as THIS ONE God is eternal, that
is, without beginning or end, and is present everywhere, and fills all
space, there can be only ONE such Being; for there cannot be two or more
eternals, or two or more who are present everywhere, and fill all things.
To suppose more than one supreme source of infinite wisdom, power, and
all perfections, is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence. A
plurality of eternal beings would resemble a plurality of universes,
eternities, and infinite spaces; all which would be contradictory and
absurd.
SPIRITUALITY.—We must not attempt to form conceptions of the
supreme Being as if confined to form, to any kind of limits, to any
particular space or place. As JEHOVAH, he is in every respect
inconceivable;—no mind can grasp him;—he is an infinite
Spirit;—equally in every place, and in all points of duration;—he cannot