Institutio vera de praecipuis fidei articulis

and the punishment of the wicked. And we believe that justice, salvation, and the life of the elect are conferred by God the Father freely on account of the merit of Christ, preordained through the work of the Holy Spirit by word and faith, to the praise of the glory of the grace of God.

THIRD INSTITUTION.

One and sole God is Iehoua Jehovah, El Scaddaj God Almighty, eternal, infinite, creator, Savior, God of the Fathers, author of the covenant and of all miracles, who is one Father, one Lord Jesus Christ, one and the same Lord the Holy Spirit, distributing his gifts as he wills, to be adored in himself and through himself, without the confusion and conjunction of idols and creatures. Deut. 6, 32; 1 Cor. 8.

FOURTH INSTITUTION.

The Holy Trinity is the proper distinction of the three witnesses—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—in one Deity, life, power, form, wisdom, and nature, which the Holy Spirit expresses first, often through the sayings of three syllables: Iehoua Jehovah, Eloha God, Scaddaj Almighty, Adonaj Lord. Secondly, through the plural voices of God: Elohim Gods, "let us make," "let us descend," three witnesses. Thirdly, through three proper names: Father, Son, Holy Spirit, which cannot be attributed to one father alone, just as one only Father God Iehoua Jehovah, El Scaddaj God Almighty, cannot exist without being adored.

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