 | John Wesley, George Story - 1818 - 934 pages
...repugnant to the requisitions of the gospel ; but, with St. James he could say to every empty professor, " Shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works." He saw the necessity of this before he enjoyed the comforts of experimental religion, as appears in... | |
 | Edward Nares - 1803 - 432 pages
...by such vain doctrines, St. James supplies us with an answer, which we should do well to adopt ; " shew me thy faith without thy works, and I " will shew thee my faith by my works." Undoubtedly none can prove that the practice of any virtue is discountenanced in Scripture, 234 OH... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...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 :...works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19 Thou belie vest that there is one God; thou doest well. The devils also believe, and tremble. 20... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 pages
...proper fruits. He even employs a species of irony to point out the necessity of this powerful grace : " Shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works." He intimates, that our faith must be tried by divers temptations, in order to our becoming " perfect... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1806 - 478 pages
...if the difcourfe were drawn into length. VIII. JAMES, ii. 18. A MAN MAT SAT, THOU HAST FAITH, AJfD I HAVE WORKS: SHEW ME THY FAITH WITHOUT THY WORKS, AND I WILL SHEW THEE MY FAITH BY MY WORKS. HT^HIS whole chapter of the apoftle James is ib good a comment upon thofe parts of St, Faul's epiflles,... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - 1807 - 546 pages
...kind of faith indeed thou hast. And 1 have works; not works without faith, but as the fruit of it. Shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Here it may be observed, — that true faith is visible —that it is made so by its fruits — and... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1807 - 428 pages
...profit ? So also faith, if it have Thou hast faith, and I have works : Shew me thy faith without * 1 9 thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest well : the devils also 20 beKeve and tremble. But... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 514 pages
...Scripture, is, that it differs from the faith of devils. It is implied in James it. 18, 19. " Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works :...works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works* Thou believest that there is one God ; thou dost well : The devils also believe and tremble." Here... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 512 pages
...be shewed by the effects. But that is contrary to Scripture, and particularly to James ii. 18. "Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works :...works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works." The apostle can mean nothing else by this, than that I will shew thee by my works that I have a right... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - 1808 - 428 pages
...things whatsoever Christ hath commanded ; which ig necessary, 1. To evidence their faith in him. Tea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works •...faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my FAITH sr Mr WORKS. Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest well : the devils also believe and tremble.... | |
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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. 
