...strongest manner, that such a faith is not the faith of Christians. ' Yea a man, (that is, a Christian,) ' may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works : show...works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.' Christ taught the great doctrine, that Christians were to ' be known by their fruits ' only ; and that...

...faith JAMES II. proved by its fruik. 18 not works, is dead, being by itself. Yea, one may say to him, " Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith...works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." 19 Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest well : the demons also believe, and trem20 ble....

...it profit ? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. — Fea, a man may say, than hast faith, and I have works : show me thy faith without...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...

...18. Of a Living and a Dead Faith. 555 are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works : shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that...

...makes not the smallest reference, but the justification of the sincerity of a believer's faith, by his works. "Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith, by my works." — James, ii. 18. brought against the doctrine of justification, by faith only, cannot be better repelled,...

...evidence of its existence by good works. That this is his meaning, im evident from the connection. " Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." Here he plainly represents works, not as the ground or the condition of justification, but as the evidence...

...evident that both the person speaking, and the person spoken to, are professors of faith in Christ : " Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." But what, it may be asked, is comprehended in a profession of religion 1 I answer, first, it is implied...

...without works, very evidently and decidedly prefers- the former mode of ascertaining our characters : " Yea, a man may say, thou hast faith, and I have works j shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works," Jus. ii. 18. A manifestation...

...to the body ; what doth it profit ? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19 Thou believest that...

...makes not the smallest reference, but the justification of the sincerity of a believer's faith, by his works. "Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show tb.ee my faith, by my works."—James, ii. 18. • The charge of Antinomianism, which has often bee*...