...if those that do not believe shall be damned, so those that do not obey shall likewise perish. "What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works, can faith save him?" Verily, "faith without works is dead." Was not Abraham justified by his works, when he had offered...

...which was praised in the confession of Peter (g). l What doth it profit, my brethren,' says James, ' though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? Can faith save him (h)? He says also, that ' faith •without works is dead (i)' To what degree then are they deceived,...

...passage of the apostle James will answer the purpose most completely; " What doth it profit," he asks, " though a man say he hath faith, and have not works ; can faith save him ?"* Both faith and works, therefore, are indispensible conditions of final justification, or salvation....

...which was praised in the confession of Peter (g). ' What doth it profit, my brethren,' says James, ' though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? Can faiti i save him (h)T He says also, that ' faith without works is dead (i).J To what degree then are...

...profit, my brethren, if a man say that he 1 5 hath faith, and have not works ; can faith save him ? [Now] if a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food; 1 Or, hold not your glorious belief in the Lord Jesus Christ, Wakeficld. * fir. synagogue. ' say to...

...now attempt to prove. St. James introduces his discussion of this subject with these questions ; What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? Can faith save him.' In the original it is ii «HJTIS ; the faith, which the man declares himself to have ; or, as it is...

...hard-hearted and proud professors of Christianity. He then proceeds in the fourteenth verse, " What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith and have not works : can faith save him ?" — ie Let not any Christian think his faith sufficient to justify him, without those works of justice...

...we were as sheep going astray, but now are we returned to the shepherd and bishop of our soiils. 5. If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say, depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled, and ye give them not of those things which are needful for...

...fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well11. If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of...and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be you warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them nol those things that are needful b Prov. xxii....

...works, is a manifestation of it in words, whereby a man professes faith. As the apostle says, 'What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith ?' Therefore here are two ways of manifesting to others what is in our hearts ; one by what we say,...