...strongest manner, that such a faith is not the faith of Christians. ' Yea a man, (that is, a Christian,) ' may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works : show...works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.' Christ taught the great doctrine, that Christians were to ' be known by their fruits' only ; and that...

...3—5. J Gen. xii. 3 ; xvii. 4. § >/ JUTCC, this faith. are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being...Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works : shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that...

...evident that both the person speaking, and the person spoken to, are professors of faith in Christ: " Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." But what, it may be asked, is comprehended in a profession of religion ? I answer, first, it is implied...

...believest that there is one God, thou doest well; the devils also believe and tremble.— v. 13. " But, wilt thou know, O, vain man, that faith without works is dead?"— v. 19. And, it will be found that our Saviour jn none of his discourses gives his followersany encouragement...

...notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body, what doth it profit 7 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone:" ie Faith which hath not works, is a dead faith, a mere speculative belief, and not true, evangelical...

...at hand, for thus the oracle of God declares, " Faith, if it hath not works, is dead ;" and again, " Wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead ;" and again, " As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also." Were...

...only this, that St. James brings this very instance of Abraham as of one who was justified by works," Wilt thou " know, O vain man, that faith without works is " dead ? Was not Abraham our father justified by " works when he offered Isaac his son upon the " altar ?...

...unfruitful profession of deceivers and hypocrites, might be tried. And one of his Apostles informs us : "Even so FAITH, if it hath not WORKS, is dead, being alone." This is a just and significant rule, accommodated to the understandings of men the most ignorant, and...

...without works, very evidently and decidedly prefers-the former mode of ascertaining our characters : " Yea, a man may say, thou hast faith, and I have works ; shew me thy faith without thy works,and I will shew thee my faith by my works," /as. ii. 18. A manifestation...

...notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit ? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being...Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works ; shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works Was not Abraham our...