Are There More Gods Than One?

Answ. There is but one only, the living and
true God.

Q. Whence do ye prove that there is but one God?

A. From reason and scripture.

Q. How doth reason prove that there is but one Godi

A. It shews, that if there were more Gods than one, God could not fee independent, infinite, almighty, &.c. and so ot God at all.

Q. Why might not God be independent, though there were more Gods than one? A. Btcause if there

were more Gods than one, each behoved to depend on, a* d be bounded by the will of another.

Q. Why might not God be infinite though there were more Gods than one? A. Because one infinite

Being, possessing all divine perfections, sets limits to the perfections of every oiher being, and excludes them from the possession of divine perfections.

Q. Why might not God be almighty though there were more Gods than one? A. Because each could- oppose and hinder the designs of another.

Q. Could the world be governed, if there were more Gods than one? A. No; fur all things would” be

directed to different and opposite ends at once.

Q. W7hv might there not be three Gods, as well as three persons in the Godhead? A. Because three Gods

could not be one, and the same in substance, as the three divine persons are, John x. 30. 1 John v. 7.

Q. How doth the scripture prove there is but one God?

A. It expressly affirms, the Lord our God is one Lird r and there is no other God but one, Beat. vi. 4. 1 Cor. viii. 4.

Q. Are there no others, besides the true God, called gods in scripture? A. Yes; angeis, magistrates,

idols, men’s bel y,adthe devil are so called.

Q. Wrr are angels eaHH gods f A. Because

they are most like God in spirituality, wisdom, an power.

Q. vVhy’are magistrate caned gods £ A. B.c*use,

as G d’s deputies, they rue over others.

Q »Vhy are heathe idols calledgft/x P A. Because blinded sinners w tip i d ho n pur ipem as gods.

Q Why i- men’s belly call d a god? A. Because many are chiefly careful to satisfy and please it, Phil. iii. 19.

Q. Why is the devil called the god of this world?

A. Because he rules over, and is honoured and worshipped as a god by the most part of mankind, 2 Cor. iv 4.

Q. Is not God sufficiently distinguished from these gods?

A. Yes y for he is the only living and true God, Jer. xiv. 2%. and x. 10. Joha xvti. 3« I John v. 22, Q. Why is he called the living God? A. Because

be hath life in himself, and gives to others whatever life they have, natural, spiritual, or eternal, John v. 26.

O. From whom doth this character, living God, especially distinguish him? A. From dead idols.

O. Why is he called the true God? A. Because he

is possessed of all perfections In an infinite degree, -which distinguishes him from all others who are called gods.