 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 648 pagina’s
...effects. But that is contrary to Scripture, and particularly to James ii. 18. "Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works : Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee Tny faith hy my works." The Apostle can mean nothing else by this, than that I will show thee by my... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1830 - 364 pagina’s
...fruits. He even employs a species of irony to point out the necessity of this powerful grace : " Show ma thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." He intimates that our faith must be tried by divers temptations, in order to our becoming " perfect... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 588 pagina’s
...it differs from the faith of devils. It is implied in James ii. 18, 19. " Yea, a man may say, thou hast faith, and I have works, show me thy faith without thy works, and 1 will show thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest well : the... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1831 - 666 pagina’s
...works, or not by works, does plainly and abundantly prefer the former : " Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works : show me thy faith without...works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." 'A manifestation of our faith without works, or in a way divers from works, is a manifestation of it... | |
 | William Jay - 1833 - 518 pagina’s
...apostle James, to a man who imagined he had one of these, while he was a stranger to the other — "Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works. What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works ! can faith save... | |
 | Irish pulpit - 1831 - 372 pagina’s
...the 18th verse of the 2d chapter — " Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith and I have works ; shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works ;'' and then he adduces the cases of Rahab and Abraham as proofs of his position. I shall merely allude... | |
 | George Thomas Chapman - 1832 - 334 pagina’s
...the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.' ' Yea, a man may say, thou hast faith, and I have works : show me thy faith without...works, and I -will show thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God : thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt... | |
 | Hobart Caunter - 1832 - 416 pagina’s
...some external indication of internal holiness ? " Yea, a man may say," as St. James argues, " thou hast faith and I have works: show me thy faith without...works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." Where, through the whole gospel do we find a single passage, that insists upon faith as a condition... | |
 | John William Holloway - 1832 - 388 pagina’s
...rest ; th the hol . v blesse ^ Sabbath . e say that there is (are) many " Yea, a man may say, thou hast faith, and " I have works. Show me thy faith...works, and I will show thee my faith by " my works. " that (are) ready to say, all this will not carry a " man to heaven. To this I will agree; neither... | |
 | 1833 - 94 pagina’s
...good practices. " Without holiness no man shall see the Lord." Well, therefore, does St. James say, " Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." It is the opinion of the world, that persons may unite an entire devotedness to present things, with... | |
| |
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. 
