...unto him for righteousness. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also7. « Rom. iii. 20, 21, 24, 28. s Rom. iv. 2, 3, 5, 6. • Gal. ii. 21. • James ii. 17, 21, 23,...

...apostle James, in his Epistle, chap. ii. will have it : where he says, " Faith without works is dead. For as the body without the Spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also." Faith cannot be in a man and work nothing ; that is impossible. For faith is a living thing, and a...

...apostle James, in his Epistle, chap. ii. will have it : where he says, " Faith without works is dead. For as the body without the Spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also." Faith cannot be in a man and work nothing ; that is impossible. For faith is a living thing, and a...

...practice. St. James enjoins, " Be " ye doers of the word and not hearers only, " deceiving your own selves. For as the body " without the spirit is dead, so faith without " works is dead also." i. 22 : and ii. 26. St. Peter, I. ii. 24. " (Christ) his own self " bare our sins in his own body on...

...tenor of your actions and whole conduct, that you may not Stand in doubt respecting your state ; " for as the body without the Spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also'." 11. Holiness of heart and life is essentially requisite, because it is commanded of God. " Follow after...

...which he had evinced by his whole disputation, and which at first he designed to confirm, ver. 26. ' For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.' A breathless carcase and an unworking faith are alike, as unto all the ends of natural or spiritual...

...dead. — Was not Abraham justified by works, when he offered up his only son Isaac upon the altar? — For, as the body, without the spirit, is dead ; so faith, without works, is dead also. This is the Law which is set before us ; it is of the same force to all ranks and conditions of men...

...days on earth can teach us but imperfectly to conceive. "=H= * Doddridge. SERMON X. James ii. 26. " FOR AS THE BODY WITHOUT THE SPIRIT IS DEAD, SO FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD ALSO." THE Scripture doctrines respecting Faith and Works have appeared to some superficial readers as not...

...doctrine to 37 be the main thing on which he meant to insist, in these concise and emphatical words. For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. The true import of these words, is not that evangelical faith is ever a dead faith ; for it cannot...

...harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way 1 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. § 3. My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation ; for...