[D-fendr's emphasis is bolded, FK's is underlined]
It's no "Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith" but seems to agree on the without passions part anyway...
Thefreedictionary.com defines "passion" as: "1. A powerful emotion, such as love, joy, hatred, or anger." So, we seem to have a problem here. God cannot love and be passionless at the same time. One solution would be to interpret "passion" in the Confession to refer to the weaknesses of passion that humans so often fall into. That would make the most sense to me. One cannot love if one's whole being is dispassionate.
Another possibility is to not modify 'without passions' but 'interpret' the following clauses differently.
Or one could surmise the Westminster Confession was self-contradictory. ;)
With your modification, passions="weakness of passion" you still have the problem of violating immutability, unchanging..
I'm not sure also what distinction you make between "passion" and "weaknesses of passion that humans so often fall into". Are there passions with weakness and passions without?
Thanks for your reply...
Then God is not unchanging, but subject to change (passions, emotions). Nor can He be a perfect (impartial) Judge. Good's "moods" reflect our spiritual state with regard to God. Some are comforted, and others are "burned" by His blessings.
Fire is fire. It can burn you but it can warm you and it can blind you as much as it can show you the way.