VERACITY OF GOD Is his truth, or an exact correspondence and conformity between his word and his mind. Moses says, "He is a God of truth." He is true in and of himself; he truly and really exists; he is the true and living God: all his perfections are true and real; truth is essential to him; it is pure and perfect in him; it is the first and original in him; he is the fountain of truth: all his works in creation, providence, and grace, are according to truth.

OMNIPOTENCE OF GOD Is his almighty power. This is essential to his nature as an infinite, independent, and perfect being. The power of God is divided into absolute, and ordinate or actual. Absolute, is that whereby God is able to do that which he will not do, but is possible to be done. Ordinate is that whereby he doeth that which he hath decreed to do. The power of God may be more especially seen, 1. In creation, Rom. 1:20. Genesis 1.—2. In the preservation of his creatures, Heb. 1:3. Col. 1:16,17. Job 26.—3. In the redemption of men by Christ, Luke 1:35, 37. Eph. 1:19.—4. In the conversion of sinners, Psal. 110:3. 2 Cor. 4:7. Rom. 1:16.—5. In the continuation and success of the…

WISDOM OF GOD Is that grand attribute of his nature by which he knows and orders all things for the promotion of his glory and the good of his creatures. This appears in all the works of his hands, Ps 104:24; in the dispensations of his providence, Ps 97:1,2; in the work of redemption, Eph 3:10; in the government and preservation of his church in all ages, Ps 107:7. This doctrine should teach us admiration, Rev 15:3,4; trust and confidence, Ps 9:10; prayer, Prov 3:5,6; submission, Heb 12:9; praise, Ps 103:1-4.

OMNISCIENCE OF GOD Is that perfection by which he knows all things, and is, 1. Infinite knowledge, Ps. 146:5.—2. Eternal, generally called foreknowledge, Acts. 15:18. Is 46:10. Eph. 1:4. Acts 2:23.—3. Universal, extending to all persons, times, places, and things, Heb. 4:13. Psalm 50:10. &c.—4. perfect, relating to what is past, present, and to come. He knows all by his own essence, and not derived from any other; not successively, as we do, but independently, distinctly, infallibly, and perpetually, Jer. 10:6,7. Rom. 11:33.—5. This knowledge is peculiar to himself, Mark 13:32. Job 36:4. and not communicable to any creature.—6. It is incomprehensible to us how God knows all things, yet it is evident that he does; for to suppose otherwise is to suppose him an…

GREATNESS OF GOD Is the infinite glory and excellency of all his perfections. His greatness appears by the attributes he possesses, Deut. 32:3,4. the works he hath made, Ps. 19:1. by the awful and benign providences he displays, Ps. 97:1,2. the great effects he produces by his word, Gen. 1, the constant energy he manifests in the existence and support of all his creatures, Ps. 145:3, not diminished by exertion, but will always remain the same, Mal. 3:6. The considerations of his greatness should excite veneration, Ps. 89:7. admiration, Jer. 9:6,7. humility, Job 42:5,6. dependence, Is. 26:4. submission, Job 1:22. obedience Deut. 4:39,40.

JOY OF GOD Relates, 1. To the delight and complacency he has in himself, his own nature, and perfections.—2. He rejoices in his own works, Ps. 104:31.—3. In his Son Christ Jesus, Matt. 3:17.—4. In the work of redemption, John 3:15.—5. In the subjects of his grace, Ps. 147:11. Zeph. 3:17. Ps. 149:4.