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.]
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.