...Father is the husbandman, and thus all Christ's faithful members partake of his care and inspection. As Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for...righteousness, and he was called the friend of God, so all that are heirs of the faith of Abraham are made partakers of the same relation. Nor are * See...

...perfect f And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness -. and he was called the Friend of God." It was unrighteous works which first turned paradise into a wilderness, » Lefevre published a Commentary...

...upon that peculiar account. But see how the matter must be understood, from what we find, Jam. ii. 23. Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for...righteousness, and he was called the friend of God ; this is spoken of him, not as an eminent saint only, but under the common notion of a believer ;...

...with his works, and by works was faith made perfect 1 And the Scripture was fulfilled, which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for...righteousness : and he was called the friend of God. Ye see, then, how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. Likewise, also, was not...

...with his works, and by works was faith made perfect. 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith, * Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness ; and he was 24 called fThe friend of God. Ye see then, that a man is justified 17. So likewise thai faith which...

...Thus, by obedient resignation, as the Apostle declares, " Abraham believed GOD, and GOD counted it to him for righteousness, and he was called the friend of GOD." Many other instances might be added out of the Old and New Testaments ; but these may serve to prove...

...perfection when it bears fruit. "And so," St. James continues, " the scripture was fulfilled, which says, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for...righteousness ; and he was called the friend of God. Ye see then," he says, " how that by works a man is justified," or shewn to be righteous and faithful,...

...wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect, and the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for...righteousness: and he was called the friend of God." " But does not this savor too much of sanctifying ourselves, instead of recognizing the Holy Spirit...

...was fulfilled, which saith, ' Abraham believed God,' (in a transaction twenty-five years previous,) ' and it was imputed to him for righteousness, and he was called the friend of God.' " This quotation of James, from Gen. xv, 6, demands special notice. " And the scripture," he says,...

...yet he certainly trusted that his son was to live : " there22, 23. fore faith wrought with his works, and it was imputed to him for righteousness, and he was called a friend of God." Jacob vowed a vow, and he paid it. Remember m Manoe, what he did with his daughterf,...