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The [First] London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1644.

You must understand this in its historical context, Anthony. Although it does not use the word "begotten," this is how the LBCF 1644 describes the relationship of the Persons of the Trinity: "the Father being from himself, the Son of the Father from everlasting, the holy Spirit proceeding from the Father and the Son." (I have no documentation as to why this clause was omitted in the 1646 edition.) In the Nicene Creed, we have "the only begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds" and "the Holy Ghost the Lord, and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son." We can also look to the Athanasian Creed, which was common in the Western church: "The Father was neither made nor created nor begotten from anyone. The Son was neither made nor created; he was begotten from the Father alone. The Holy Spirit was neither made nor created nor begotten; he proceeds from the Father and the Son."