...apostle James, to a man who imagined he had one of these, while he was a stranger to the other — "Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works. What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works ! can faith save...

...the 18th verse of the 2d chapter — " Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith and I have works ; shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works ;'' and then he adduces the cases of Rahab and Abraham as proofs of his position. I shall merely allude...

...dead, so faith without works is dead also.' ' Yea, a man may say, thou hast faith, and I have works : show me thy faith without thy works, and I -will show thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God : thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt...

...contrary, will sink you " lower than the grave. " Yea, a man may say, thou hast faith, and " I have works. Show me thy faith without " thy works, and I will show thee my faith by " my works. " Thus were my Sabbaths spent as long as " I continued with my face Zion-ward, until at " last, as...

...good practices. " Without holiness no man shall see the Lord." Well, therefore, does St. James say, " Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." It is the opinion of the world, that persons may unite an entire devotedness to present things, with...

...Paul ; but he meant to insist on some of the essential fruits of it : " Show me thy faith," says he, " without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." I think I must offer a remark or two, before I enter into the subject, explanatory of the passage,...

...proper fruits. He even employs a species of irony to point out the necessity of this powerful grace : " Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my ikrth by my works," James ii, 18. He intimates that our faith must be tried by " divers temptations,"...

...the evidence of faith. " Show me," says the apostle James, to one who says that he has faith, — " show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works, (James ii. 18.) It would be easy to multiply testimonies to this doctrine from the authorized writings...

...blessing is substituted for a gift of food and raiment. "Thou," he adds, "hast faith, and I have works : show me thy faith without thy works ; and I will show thee my faith by my works," In estimating the religion of men, therefore, we ought to inquire what is their conduct, and not what...

...if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works : show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." Now it is quite manifest, from the whole tenour of St. Paul's epistles, that he never contemplated...