372. _For by grace are ye saved through faith_, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of G.o.d. Ephes, ii. 8.

373. But wilt thou know, O vain man, _that faith without works is dead?_ James ii. 20.

374. As the cloud is consumed, and vanisheth away; _so he that goeth down to the grave, shall come up no more_. Job vii. 9.

375. And the graves were opened; _and many bodies of saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection_ and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Matt, xxvii. 52, 53.

Also Notes 254, 255, 256 and 257.

376. In the beginning G.o.d _created_ the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1.

377. And the earth was _without form and void_, Gen. i. 2.

378. And G.o.d saw the light that it was good; and G.o.d divided _the light from the darkness_. Gen i. 4, [This was on the first day.]

379. _And G.o.d 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 G.o.d 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 G.o.d_; 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 princ.i.p.alities, or powers; all things were created by him and for him. Coloss. i. 16.

385. For G.o.d _made not death_; neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living. Wis. of Sol. i. 13.

386. For G.o.d _is not the author of confusion_, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. 1 Cor. xiv. 33.

387. One generation pa.s.seth 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 pa.s.s 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 x.x.x. 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. x.x.xii. 13.

393. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of G.o.d; for G.o.d cannot be tempted with evil, _neither tempteth he any man_. James i. 13.

394. And it came to pa.s.s after these things, _that G.o.d 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 pa.s.s, 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 G.o.d 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 G.o.d 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 G.o.d_, and one mediator between G.o.d and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy ii. 5.

404. Remember the former things of old; for I am G.o.d, _and there is none else; I am G.o.d, and there is none like me_. Isaiah xlvi. 9.

405. _I and my father are one_. John x. 30.

406. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works; that ye may know and believe _that the Father is in me, and I in him_. John x.

38.

407. I am the _true vine, and my Father is the husbandman_. John xv. 1.

408. And the Father himself, _which hath sent me,_ hath born witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

John v. 37.

409. The Father loveth the Son, _and hath given all things into his hand_. John iii. 35.

Also Note 401.

410. _No man hath seen G.o.d at any time_; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. John i. 18.

411. Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto, _whom no man hath seen nor can see_; to whom be honor and power everlasting, 1 Timothy vi. 16.

412. And the Lord spake unto Moses _face to face_ as a man speaketh unto his friend. Exod. x.x.xiii. 11.

413. Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and _seventy_ of the elders of Israel. _And they saw the G.o.d of Israel_; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire-stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. Exod. xxiv. 9, 10.

Also Notes 17, 132? 133, 134, 135 and 136.

414. And he said, Thou canst not see my face; _for there shall no man see me, and live_. Exodus x.x.xiii. 20.

415. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: _for I have seen G.o.d face to face_, and my life is preserved. Gen. x.x.xii. 30.