[55]. Ibid. pp. 197-8.
[56]. See Rev. xii: 7. Jude 6.
[57]. Lest some text-proofer should retort upon me and cite the words of Isaiah—"I make peace and create evil"—the only text of scripture ascribing the creation of evil to God—I will anticipate so far as to say that it is quite generally agreed that no reference is made in the words of Isaiah to "moral evil;" but to such evils as may come as judgments upon people for their correction, such as famine or tempest or war; such an "evil" as would stand in natural antithesis to "peace," which word precedes, "I create evil," in the text—"I make peace and create"—the opposite to peace, "The evil of afflictions and punishments, but not the evil of sin" (Catholic Comment on Isaiah 45:7). Meantime we have the clearest scriptural evidence that moral evil is not a product of God's: "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." That is to say, God has nothing to do with the creation of moral evil; "But every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death." (James i: 13-15). "The evil and the good are necessary co-relatives." (Sir Oliver Lodge in Hibbert Journal, April, 1906, p. 657.)
[58]. I. John iii: 4.
[59]. Eternalism, Orlando J. Smith, p. 205-6.
[60]. Scotus Erigena, quoted by Neander, "Hist. Christian Religion and Church," Vol. III. p. 465.
[61]. Eternalism, pp. 30, 31.
[62]. II. Nephi ii: 11.
[63]. II. Nephi ii: 13.
[64]. Ibid. ii: 14.