...would be numbered amongst his children7. It may be objected indeed that St. James says, " Abram was justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar'." But Abram was justified by faith twenty-five years before Isaac was born': which alone is an absolute...

...the epistle of St James, we are told that ' by works is , a man justified, and not by faith only.' ' Was not Abraham, our father, justified by works, when he had offered his son Isaac upon the altar ?' Let us endeavor to reconcile these declarations of scripture, and exhibit...

...same Abraham, which the Apostle to the Gentiles had done, as justified by works as well as by faith. "Was not Abraham, our father, justified by works, when he had offered his son Isaac upon the altar? seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made...

...the law. — James ii. 20 — 24. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead ? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar ? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect ? And the scripture...

...man acquires perfect justification, and eternal life, by his own merits, which are his good works. " Was not Abraham our father "justified by works, when he had "offered Isaac his son upon the "altar? See, then, how faith " wrought with his works, and by " works was faith made perfect :" James ii, 21,22....

...self-deluded " man"." He now goes on to confirm these assertions by an appeal to the Scriptures themselves. " Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect0?" Abraham believed...

...Luther sometimes overlooked, although St. James strongly guards it by these anti-Solifidian words, " Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac, &c ? Ye see then how that by works a believing man is justified, and not by taith only," James ii,...

...seed be called ; accounting that God was able to raise him up from the dead" (Heb. xi. 17 — 19). " Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered up his son Isaac upon the altar? Seest them how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith...

...also believe and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead'! 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar ? 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 23 And the scripture...

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