...profession, false prophets, " who came in sheep's clothing." So it is also with that of the apostle James : " Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." It is evident, that both these sorts of persons, offering to give up these diverse evidences of their...

...apostle James, to a man who imagined he had one of these, while he was a stranger to the other — "Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works. What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works ! can faith save...

...the 18th verse of the 2d chapter — " Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith and I have works ; shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works ;'' and then he adduces the cases of Rahab and Abraham as proofs of his position. I shall merely allude...

...contrary, will sink you " lower than the grave. " Yea, a man may say, thou hast faith, and " I have works. Show me thy faith without " thy works, and I will show thee my faith by " my works. " Thus were my Sabbaths spent as long as " I continued with my face Zion-ward, until at " last, as...

...dead, so faith without works is dead also.' ' Yea, a man may say, thou hast faith, and I have works : show me thy faith without thy 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...

...good practices. " Without holiness no man shall see the Lord." Well, therefore, does St. James say, " Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." It is the opinion of the world, that persons may unite an entire devotedness to present things, with...

...Paul ; but he meant to insist on some of the essential fruits of it : " Show me thy faith," says he, " without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." I think I must offer a remark or two, before I enter into the subject, explanatory of the passage,...

...proper fruits. He even employs a species of irony to point out the necessity of this powerful grace : " Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my ikrth by my works," James ii, 18. He intimates that our faith must be tried by " divers temptations,"...

...if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works : show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." Now it is quite manifest, from the whole tenour of St. Paul's epistles, that he never contemplated...

...blessing is substituted for a gift of food and raiment. "Thou," he adds, "hast faith, and I have works : show me thy faith without thy works ; and I will show thee my faith by my works," In estimating the religion of men, therefore, we ought to inquire what is their conduct, and not what...