...what St. James has said relative to these two subjects, justification, and salvation. James ii. 14. " What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say...hath faith, and have not works ? can faith save him ?" Ibid. ii. 21. " Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son...

...a vital principle. "As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also." " What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works ? Can such faith save him ?" Therefore, says James, " Shew me thy faith without thy works" — shew me a...

...are taken into the favour of heaven upon * This is confirmed by v. 14., " What doth it profit, thongb a man say he hath faith and have not works Can faith save him ?" In the latter clun.se faith is expressed by <; TTICITU;, the faith, that kind of faith which the...

...works, is a manifestation of it in words, whereby a man professes faith. As the apostle sajs, ver. 14. What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man .SAY he hath faith?—Therefore here are two ways of manifesting to our neighbour what is in our hearts ; one by...

...says : but it is in vain to call him Lord, and Master, while we refuse to comply with his commands. " What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say...hath faith, and have not works ? Can faith save him ?" The subject is very far from being exhausted : but it is time to bring these observations to a close....

...want. James ii. 13 — 16. "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 1 Can faith save him 1 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food ; and one of you...

...comparing St Paul's words with other scriptures, we cannot overlook that well known text of St James ; ' What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and not works ; can faith save him ? ' St James doth not here suppose the man hypocritically, and for some...

...moral principles, — and then there is an end of civil and religious society." For what doth it profit though a man say he hath faith, and have not works ? Can such a faith save him ? Faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. After assigning such observations...

...writings of St. Paul for those of St. James, whose Epistle comes next in order; this Apostle writes, "what doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say...hath faith, and have not works'! can faith save him ? faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone; was not Abraham our Father justified by works,...

...faith which admits the truth into the understanding, while the possessor is not sanctified by it. " What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say...hath faith, and have not works ! Can faith save him 1 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart...