 | John Wesley, George Story - 1818 - 934 pages
...the gospel ; but, with St. James he could say to every empty professor, " Shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works." He saw the necessity of this before he enjoyed the comforts of experimental religion, as appears in... | |
 | Edward Nares - 1803 - 432 pages
...St. James supplies us with an answer, which we should do well to adopt ; " shew me thy faith without thy works, and I " will shew thee my faith by my works." Undoubtedly none can prove that the practice of any virtue is discountenanced in Scripture, 234 OH... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 pages
...a species of irony to point out the necessity of this powerful grace : " Shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works." He intimates, that our faith must be tried by divers temptations, in order to our becoming " perfect... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works : shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19 Thou belie vest that there is one God; thou doest well. The devils also believe, and tremble. 20... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1806 - 478 pages
...length. VIII. JAMES, ii. 18. A MAN MAT SAT, THOU HAST FAITH, AJfD I HAVE WORKS: SHEW ME THY FAITH WITHOUT THY WORKS, AND I WILL SHEW THEE MY FAITH BY MY WORKS. HT^HIS whole chapter of the apoftle James is ib good a comment upon thofe parts of St, Faul's epiflles,... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - 1807 - 546 pages
...that day. The connection between faith and works. SERMON X. JAMES ii. 18. Shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. J. HIS beautiful sarcasm gives a severe reproof to the presumptuous hope and carnal confidence of selfdeceiving... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1807 - 428 pages
...profit ? So also faith, if it have Thou hast faith, and I have works : Shew me thy faith without * 1 9 thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest well : the devils also 20 beKeve and tremble. But... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 512 pages
...are not true and saving, as is evident by what the Apostle James says, " Shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works." Where it is supposed that there may be a faith without works, which is not the right faith : When he... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 514 pages
...former, James ii. 18. "Yea, a man may say, thou hast faith, and I have works ; shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will .shew thee my faith by my works." A manifestation of our faith without works, or in a way diverse from works, is a manifestation of it... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1811 - 476 pages
...length. VIII JAMES, ii. 18. A MAN MAY SAY, THOU HAST FAITH, AND I HAVE WORKS : SHEW ME THY FAITH WITHOUT THY WORKS, AND I WILL SHEW THEE MY FAITH BY MY WORKS. nnHIS whole chapter of the apoftle James is fo good a comment upon thofe parts of St. Paul's epiftles,... | |
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Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works : shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 
