...me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil, and his angels.' And St. James saith, ' What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say...hath faith, and have not works ? Can faith save him ? Know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead. Was not Abraham our father justified by works,...

...now attempt to prove. St. James introduces his discussion of this subject with theso questions : ' What doth It profit, my brethren, though a man say...hath faith, and have not works ? Can faith save him ?* In the Original it is » w'o-™ ; th« faith, which the man declares himself to have ; or, as it...

...me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil, and his angels.' And St. James saith, ' What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say...hath faith, and have not works ? Can faith save him ? Know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead. Was not Abraham our father justified by works,...

...heart, bringeth forth good things." Let this now be compared with what James says of true faith. " What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say...hath faith, and have not works ' Can faith save him V ie Can such a faith as hath not works, save him 1 "If a brother or sister be naked and destitute...

...misapplication of the divine mercy, is sufficiently chastened and exposed, by the Scriptures themselves. " What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say...hath faith, and have not works ? Can faith save him ?" This is said expressly to correct the error of some, who had corrupted the Scriptures, that they...

...without mercy that hath shewed no Of faith without teonb. mercy; and merer rejoiceth against judgment. 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say...hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him ? 1 5 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of dailj food, 16 And one of you say unto them,...

...enabled him to perform the hardest and most painful act of obedience, the offering up his only son. " What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works ? can (this) § faith save him ? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food ; and one of...

...salvation. Hear what St. James, who received the law from Christ's own mouth, says, in his Ep. c. 2. " What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works, can his faith save him ? — v. 14. " Faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. — v. 17" Thou...

...fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.— James i. 26, 27. What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works, &c. Faith, if it hath not works, is dead, &c. I will shew thee my faith by my works, &c. Faith, without...

...shall obtain mercy." Matt. 5 : 7. For he shall have judgment, without mercy, that hath showed no mercy. What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works ? If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say, " Depart in peace,...