 | John Newton - Theology - 1839 - 496 pages
...to the body ; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works : show me thy faitli without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one... | |
 | John Bunyan - Fear of God - 1839 - 188 pages
...Sinner, it is one thing to say, I fear Gud, and another to fear him indeed. Therefore James says, " I will show thee my faith by my works," Jam. ii. 18, so here God calls for a testimony of thy i'ear by the effects of fear. I have already showed you several... | |
 | William King (abp. of Dublin.) - 1840 - 464 pages
...acts, and if he be not able, God doth not require them. It is in this as in faith, James c. 2. v. 18. " a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works,...works, and I will show thee my " faith by my works." After the same manner a man may say, Thou worshippest God inwardly in heart and spirit, and I worship... | |
 | Amaranth - 1840 - 270 pages
...not practise good works. Thus we read, " Faith, if it hath not works, is «lead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works ;...works ; and I will show thee my faith by my works," James ii. 17, 18. It is impossible for any man to show his faith without works. The Lord Jesus expects... | |
 | George Holden - 1840 - 154 pages
...1. See Yorke, Endeav. to reconcile St. Paul to St. James ; Stebbing, Polem. Tracts, Diss. on Justif. and I have works : show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." These words are a reply to an objection which the Apostle supposes some man may make ; and they amount... | |
 | 1840 - 538 pages
...have access " by faith" — faith in Jesus Christ. But what is faith ? How is it to be shown ? By our works. " Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." (James ii. 18.) But what works ? All works are not evidence of faith in Jesus Christ : much less are... | |
 | Thomas Maguire - 1840 - 488 pages
...him. Hear St. James — " Even so faith if it haih not works is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may eay, thou hast faith and I have works. Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show you my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God ; thou dost well. The devils also believe... | |
 | John Greenleaf Adams - Consolation - 1840 - 230 pages
...possessed not only a form of godliness, but its power also. She might with propriety have said to others, " show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." During her last sickness, attempts were made to shake her faith ; but it was founded on the Rock of... | |
 | James Bennett - Justification - 1840 - 444 pages
...by verbal professions, or by any thing but its fruits, which are good works ? Hear the apostle : " Show me thy faith, without thy works ; and I will show thee my faith, by my works." For these fruits were to show whether ours is a dead or a living faith, as the fruits show that a tree... | |
 | Thomas Manton - Bible - 1840 - 478 pages
...much fruit" (John xv. 5). VERSE 18. — Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works : shore me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works. The apostle amplifleth the present argument against an empty, solitary faith, by supposing a dialogue... | |
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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. 
