...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...

...of creeds and articles, he speaks on this wise ; " 'Thou believest that there is one God ; thou dost well ; the devils also believe and tremble. But wilt...know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead ? Was not Abraham, our father, justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar...

...faith, and have not works ; can faith save him x ? Thou believest that there is one God : thou dost well ; the devils also believe and tremble. But wilt...know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead y : For as the body without the spirit is dead ; so faith without works is dead also z. q 1 Cor. xvi....

...19 Thou believest that there is one God; ihou doest well : the devils also believe, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead ? Julian Pe- gg Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and Jerm»Um. Vulgar/Era ^y wor^s was...

...9 Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest well : the devils also believe, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead ? Julian Pe- 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and Jernj«le«i. Vofmt^Era, ty WOrks...

...other. 19. Gal. v. 6. Nothing availeth in Christ, but faith which worketh by lave. 20. Jam. ii. 20. Wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead. 21. Jam. ii. 14. What doth it profit though a man say he hath faith, and hath not works ; 22. Jam....

...Abraham's faith productive of obedience? The faith of God's elect is still the same operative principle. " Wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest...

...and in the Gospel preached by him." To such a man it might well be said, as is done by the apostle, " But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead,"—or it is not faith at all. Could we even conceive of faith having begun to exist in a man,...

...restates it in that way, and under those terms, wherein he designed it unto its last confirmation. ' But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead ?' ver. 20. And we may consider in the words : 1. The person with whom he deals, whose conviction he...

...Wherein doth thy faith differ from theirs, if it produce not the fruits of righteousness and holiness ? " But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead," wholly unprofitable to salvation? " Was not Abraham, our father, justified ?" Did he not shew forth...