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.