358. For God sent not his son into the world, to condemn the world; _but that the world through him might be saved_. John iii. 17. 359. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; _I came not to send peace but a sword_. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. Matt. x. 34; 5. Also Notes 186 and 187. 360. _Wisdom is the principal thing_; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting, _get understanding_. Prov. iv. 7. 361. _For in much wisdom is much grief_; and he that _increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow_. Eccles. i. 18. 362. Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; _be ye therefore wise as serpents_, and harmless as doves. Matt. x. 16. 363. For it is written, _I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,_ and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 1 Cor. i. 19. 364. _The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree_; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Psalms xcii. 12. 365. _The righteous perisheth_, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. Isaiah lvii. 1. 366. As it is written, _There is none righteous, nay not ONE_. Romans iii. 10. 367. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a _righteous man_ availeth much. James v. 16. 368. Pray without ceasing. 1 Thes. v. 17. 369. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; _yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear_; your hands are full of blood. Isaiah i. 15. 370. Therefore we conclude, _that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law_, Romans iii. 28. 371. Ye see then _how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only_. James ii. 24. 372. _For by grace are ye saved through faith_, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. 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 God _created_ the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1. 377. And the earth was _without form and void_, Gen. i. 2. 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.]