...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...

...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...

...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*...

...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....

...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...

...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....

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...