...was not contrary to that of St. Paul, he refers to the same passage in Genesis, "Was not Abraham bur Father justified by works., when he had offered Isaac...son upon the altar ? Seest thou how Faith wrought with his works, and by works was Faith made perfect? And the Scripture was fulfilled, which saith,...

...of these things, thou mayest well boast of the word, faith, for thou hast got nothing else : " But wilt thou know, O vain man ! that faith without works is dead r" James ii. 20. It may be observed, that the Scriptures are not so profuse about what faith is, as...

...not Abraham our father justified (ie approved) by works, (by acts of obedience to the divine mandate) when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought (a-uvepysi, co-operates) with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?" That is, (eTeX«a>&j)...

...works Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead." Chap. ii. 14—20. As the whole argument seems to rest upon the question, whether the faith of nominal...

...believe and tremble. But art thou willing to know, О empty man, that the faith which is without 21 works is dead ? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered up Isaac his son upon the 22 altar ? Thou seest that faith wrought together with his parts of the argument...

...offered Isaac his son upon the altar." James, speaking of the same faith and the same fact, interrogates, "was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isiiac hi.* son upon the altar? Scest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was failh...

...; and that not of ourselves ; it is the gift of God : not of Worksj lest any Man should boast. But wilt thou know, O vain Man, that Faith without Works is dead ; for without Holiness no Man shall see God. To do good and to distribute forget not, for with such...

...there is one God ; thou VOL. IT. c doest well : the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt them know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead...son upon the altar ? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect ? And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith,...

...service of his life, without which the most philosophically accurate belief is ineffectual and worthless. "Wilt thou know, O vain man, that Faith without works is dead 1 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also" (James ii. 20, 26)....

...was not justified by works,* and that he offered up Isaac by faith.f St. James abks the question " Was not Abraham our father justified by Works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar ?"J In this argument, both these Apostles were treating with the Jewish converts to Christianity. St....