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COMPENDIUM,
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I. The Being and Unity of God.
THERE is one God, the Creator of all worlds, visible and invisible, who in consideration of his divine Esse, which is the original source and incomprehensible fountain of all life and being, is called I Am that I Am, or Jehovah, who Is, who Was, and who Is To Be, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and the Omega, the All and In All. The being and unity of Jehovah God are inculcated by the general tenor of divine revelation, as well as by many express declarations; and may be considered as the ground-work or foundation of all religion. It is therefore written, “Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God is One Jehovah,” Deut. vi. 4. Mark xii. 29. “Thus saith Jehovah the King of Israel, I am the first, and I am the last, and besides me there is no God,” Isa. xliv. 6. “I am Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt know no God but me.” Hos. xiii. 4.
II. God himself the primary Substance and Form.
THIS one God is the real and primary substance and form, from whom and by whom all created substances and forms were produced; it being impossible that any substance whatever could have risen up out
