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Q. What meaneth God's wisdom and understanding?

A. He knoweth all things.

Q. What means his Power?

A. He can do all things.

Q. What means his Holiness?

A. He Loveth what is Right, and hateth what is Evil.

Q. What means the Justice of God?

A. He Punisheth the Wicked, and Rewards the Righteous.

Q. What means the goodness of God?

A. He delights to give what may please and profit us.

Q. What means his Mercy?

A. He delights to help us in Trouble and Misery.

Q. What means his Truth?

A. He always speaks Right, and cannot Lie.

Q. Hath not God more properties than these?

A. Yes; more than can be told.

Q. Is not then our God a great God.

A. Yes; None can be so great as our God.

Q. Can there be more God's than one?

A. There can be but one True and Living God.

Q. Why so?

A. Because none but one can have all Boundless Perfections.

Q. May there be more Persons than one in the God head?

A. Yes; there may.

Q. How many Persors in the God-head are told us in God's word?

A. Three Persons.

Q. What are these?

A. The Father, and the Son, & the Holy Ghost.

Q. Can these three Persons be three Gods?

A. No: they are all three one God.

Q. And are they equal in Substance, Power, and Glory?

A. Yes;