...give them not thofe Things which are needful to the Body ; what doth it profit ? Even fo Faith, if it hath not Works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a Man may fay, Thou haft Faith and I have" Works: Shew me thy Faith without thy Works, and 1 will (hew thee my...

...him ?—-Tbou believefl that there is one God: Thou doft well. The Devils alfo believe and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain Man ! that Faith without Works is dead ? &c. James ii. 14—26. What Shall we fay now? Does St. James contradict St. Paul ? So.it may feem-...

...eftabliChingfome of their tenets by fcripture. i They feem to be generally Arminian, James ii. 20. " But wilt thou know, O vain man ! that, faith without works is " dead." Aftsx. 34. " God is no refpefter of perfons, he that fears " God and works righteoufnefs is accepted...

...circumcifion availeth " any thing, nor uncircumcifion ; but faith " that ivorketh by !ove."\\ — " Wilt thou know, " O vain man, that faith without works is " dead" ?— " By w r orks was faith made per" fe6l." * It mult be particularly obfervcd, H however, t John...

...: " Thou believed, fays he, there is a God; thou doft well : the devils alfo believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith, without works, is dead ?" If thou believeft not God, fo as to love him, and loveft him not, fo as to prefer his communion...

...this, that St. James brings this very inftance of Abraham, as of one who was juftified by works. " Wilt thou know, O vain man, that " faith without works is dead ? Was not " Abraham our father juftified by works, " when he offered Ifaac his fon upon the " altar...

...alfo believe and tremble. The Apoftle proceeds, ver. 20. to the laft confirmation of his aflertion—" But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith, without works, is dead?" And here obferve—Thefer/oa, tvhofe conviction is defigned, is called a 'vain man ; one who is vainly...

...it be of the " right kind, that which is jufiifying, and will be faving, " mew it by thy works i " Wilt thou know, O vain man, " that faith without works is dead," James ii. 20. " Why fliouldft thou pleafe thyfelf with the thoughts " that the bleffings of the new...

...brethren, .Revealed Religion. 37 that a man fay I have faith, and have not works ? Can faith fave him ? But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead ? As the body without the fpirit is dead, fo faith without works is dead alfo." The fame apoftle advances...

...done them ? Thus, 1Л faith by itself withoul works is dead. Moreover, a man may say 18 unto ihee, " Thou hast faith, and I have works ; show me thy faith...works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." Thou 19 Abritum. CHAP, believest that there is but one God : ' ' thou doest well ; but even the ' demons...