| Robert South - 1823 - 618 pàgines
...insignificant charity of the will, and of the worthlessness of it, not enlivened by deeds, James ii. 15, 16. If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of...which are needful to the body; what doth it profit ? Profit. does he say ? Why, it profits just as much as fair words command the market, as good wishes... | |
| 1823 - 154 pàgines
...Pr. 17.) 13. Is real Christian hindness manifest ed in the "conduct as well as in the profession ? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of...which are needful to the body, what doth it profit ? (2 Jas. 15, 16.) 14. Does true friendship continue in adversity ? A friend loveth at all times, and... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1823 - 818 pàgines
...avail ? " If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of daily food,'* said an inspired author, " and one of you say unto them ' Depart in peace, be...which are needful to the body, what doth it profit?" If empty words would answer the purpose, no man had a more plentiful supply of them than the right... | |
| William Paley - 1823 - 476 pàgines
...but in benevolence, philanthropy, love to all mankind , goodness of heart," &c. Hear St. James : " If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of...in peace ; be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding /,i' cu < them not those things tthick are netttljul to the body ; what doth it profit?" (James ii.... | |
| 1823 - 426 pàgines
...forward to do. To do good and to communicate, forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of daily...in peace, be ye warmed and filled, notwithstanding you give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Whoso hath this... | |
| John Owen - 1823 - 338 pàgines
...15, 16. " If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto him, depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled, notwithstanding...which are needful to the body, what doth it profit ? " E\en so faith, if it hath not works, is dead being alone." This was that which he undertook to... | |
| 1879 - 422 pàgines
...about? Is not our indifference another phase of the idle, cheap charity which St. James condemns : " If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of...which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ?"1 What, then, is the remedy? Shall we forbear to speak the time-honoured words of greeting ? No !... | |
| Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 pàgines
...doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works ? can faith save him ? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute' of...which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ? 4 Even so, faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, thou hast faith,... | |
| William Paley - 1824 - 472 pàgines
...ney, but in benevolence, philanthropy, love to all mankind, goodness of heart," &c. Hear St. James : " If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of...give them not those things which are needful to the tody , what doth it profit V (James ii. 15, 16.) 4._" That giving to the poor is not mentioned in :harity,... | |
| 1832 - 590 pàgines
...it profit, my brethren, though a man »ay he hath faith, and bare not work* 1 Can faith save him ? If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of daily...notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful loth* body, what doth it profit !'•' And the apostle John demands, " But whoso hath this world's... | |
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