| Jonathan Edwards - 1824 - 296 páginas
...evident that both the person speaking, and the person spoken to, are professors of faith in Christ : " Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." But what, it may be asked, is comprehended in a profession of religion 1 I answer, first, it is implied... | |
| 1832 - 590 páginas
...evidence of its existence by good works. That this is his meaning, im evident from the connection. " Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." Here he plainly represents works, not as the ground or the condition of justification, but as the evidence... | |
| David Williamson - 1824 - 400 páginas
...makes not the smallest reference, but the justification of the sincerity of a believer's faith, by his works. "Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show tb.ee my faith, by my works."—James, ii. 18. • The charge of Antinomianism, which has often bee*... | |
| William Malkin - 1825 - 504 páginas
...we should walk in them. — Jam. ii. 17, 18. Faith, if it have not works is dead, 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. — John xv. 8. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit.— Ver. 16 ; Gal. v. 6 ; Col.... | |
| William Penn - 1825 - 632 páginas
...Faith," says he, "if it has not works, is dead. A man may say, thou hast faith, aud I have works; shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." And as if he had foreseen the pother made by the men of creeds and articles, he speaks on this wise... | |
| Augustus Toplady - 1825 - 498 páginas
...regenerating grace, by the powerful ministration of the Holy Ghost. A man may say, adds the apostle, them hast faith and I have works. Show me thy faith without thy works : as much as to say, I defy thee to do it : faith can only be shown by the good works which it produces.... | |
| Eli Meeker (Rev) - 1827 - 414 páginas
...Next it is proved in the strongest manner, that such a faith is not the faith of a Christian. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith and I have works :...works, and I will show thee my faith by my works. Christ taught the great doctrine, that his disciples were to be known by their fruits only ; and that... | |
| Bourne Hall Draper - 1827 - 270 páginas
...in the epistle of James, (ch. ii. 17, 18,) ' Faith, if it hath not works, is dead, 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.' — It is impossible for any man to show his faith without works. The Lord Jesus Christ expects that... | |
| William Bacon - 1827 - 168 páginas
...here, then, is one of the benefits of outward obedience. It is a test by which to try our affections. "Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." James ii. 18. If our supposed religious affections do not lead us to external obedience, they are not... | |
| John Platts - 1827 - 572 páginas
...body ; what doth it profit ? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.17 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works : show me thy faith without thy works,18 and * I will show thee my faith by my works. 19 Thou believest that there is u one God ; thou... | |
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