II.

God.

Deus.

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_God_ is of himself

from everlasting to everlasting.

_Deus_ est ex seipso,

ab æterno in æternum.

A most perfect

and a most blessed _Being_.

Perfectissimum

& beatissimum _Ens_.

In his _Essence_ Spiritual,

and One.

_Essentiâ_ Spiritualis

& unus.

In his _Personality_, Three.

_Hypostasi_ Trinus.

In his _Will_, Holy, Just,

Merciful and True.

_Voluntate_, Sanctus, Justus,

Clemens, Verax.

In his _Power_ very great.

_Potentiâ_ maximus.

In his _Goodness_, very good.

_Bonitate_ Optimus.

In his _Wisdom_, unmeasurable.

_Sapientiâ_, immensus.

A _Light_ inaccessible;

and yet all in all.

_Lux_ inaccessa;

& tamen omnia in omnibus.

Every where, and no where.

Ubique & nullibi.

The chiefest _Good_, and

the only and inexhausted

Fountain of all good things.

Summum _Bonum_, et

solus et inexhaustus

Fons omnium Bonorum.

As the _Creator_, so the

_Governour_ and _Preserver_

of all things, which we call

the _World_.

Ut _Creator_, ita

_Gubernator_ et _Conservator_

omnium rerum, quas vocamus

_Mundum_.

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