378. And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided _the light
from the darkness_. Gen i. 4, [This was on the first day.]
379. _And God made two great lights; the greater light_ to rule the day,
and the _lesser light_ to rule the night, he made the stars also. Gen.
i. 16. [This was on the _fourth_ day.]
380. And God saw every thing that he had made and behold, _it was very
good_, and the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Gen. i. 31.
381. _The earth was also corrupt before God_; and the earth was filled
with violence. Gen. vi. 11.
382. Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints. _yea, the heavens are
not clean in his sight_. Job xv. 15.
383. All _things were made by him_; and without him was not any thing
made that was made. John i. 3.
384. _For by him were all things created that are in heaven, or that are
in earth, visible and invisible_, whether they be thrones, or dominions,
or principalities, or powers; all things were created by him and for
him. Coloss. i. 16.
385. For God _made not death_; neither hath he pleasure in the
destruction of the living. Wis. of Sol. i. 13.
386. For God _is not the author of confusion_, but of peace, as in all
churches of the saints. 1 Cor. xiv. 33.
387. One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; _but
the earth abideth forever_. Eccles. i. 4.
388. _All these things live and remain for ever_, for all uses, and they
are all obedient. Eccles. xlii. 23.
389. So shall it be _at the end of the world_; the angels shall come
forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. Matt. xiii. 49.
390. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the
which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements
shall melt with fervent heat, _the earth also, and the works that are
therein, shall be burnt up_. 2 Peter iii. 10.
Also Note 294.
391. _For his anger endureth but a moment_; in his favor is life;
weeping may endure for a night; but joy cometh in the morning. Psalms
xxx. 5.
392. And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them
wander in the wilderness _forty years_, until all the generation that
had done evil in the sight of the Lord was consumed. Numb. xxxii. 13.
393. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God
cannot be tempted with evil, _neither tempteth he any man_. James i. 13.
394. And it came to pass after these things, _that God did tempt
Abraham_, and said unto him, Abraham, and he said, Behold, here I am.
Gen. xxii. 1.
395. _And lead us not into temptation_, but deliver us from evil. For
thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Matt. vi. 13.
396. _And no man hath ascended up into heaven but he that came down from
heaven_, even the Son of Man which is in heaven. John iii. 13.
397. And it came to pass, as they still went on and talked, that behold,
there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them
both asunder; _and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven_. 2 Kings
ii. 11.
398. And I (Jesus,) say unto you, my friends, _Be not afraid of them
that kill the body_, and after that have no more that they can do. Luke
xii. 4.
399. After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he would not walk
in Jewry, _because the Jews sought to kill him_. John vii. 1.
400. For there are _three_ that bear record in heaven, the Father, the
Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one. 1 John v. 7.
401. And the Lord God said. Behold, the man is become as one of his, to
know good and evil. And now lest he put forth his hand, and take also of
the tree of life, and eat and live for ever. Gen. iii. 2.
402. There is one body and one spirit, even as ye are called in one hope
of your calling. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. _One God and father
of all_, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Ephesians
iv. 4 to 6.
403. For there is _one God_, and one mediator between God and men, the
man Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy ii. 5.
404. Remember the former things of old; for I am God, _and there is none
else; I am God, and there is none like me_. Isaiah xlvi. 9.