...good works have no part in our justification before God, what does the apostle James mean, by saying that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only ? Mr. James replied : The apostle James is describing the nature and evidences of evangelical faith....

..."as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also." Therefore, we conclude that a man is justified by works and not by faith only. Let it ever be remembered, that faith will never be called in question in the day of judgment; there...

...St. James, that is, it is evident to your sense, it is as clear as an ocular demonstration, •• that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only." My text hath in it these two propositions ; a negative and an affirmative. The negative is this, 1....

...justified before God by them in the same sense, way, and manner. Wherefore, when the apostle James affirms that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only, he cannot intend our justification before God, where it is impossible they should both concur; for not...

...we peruse the Epistle of James, we find it there stated, that Abraham was justified by works ; and that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. " What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works ? Can faith...

...think it, then, evident, from the entire train of the Apostle's reasoning, that his ' conclusion," that ' a man' is justified by works, and not by faith only,' is perfectly serious and formal. He means that while a penitent is justified by faith, as ' the obedience,'...

...God, and it was counted to him for righteousness : and he was called the friend of God. 24 Do you see that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only? 25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot j ustified by works, when she had received the messengers, and...

...thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." And he asserts expressly, that "A man is justified by works, and not by faith only." He indeed thus speaks of faith as having with works a connection, and as being different from the works...

...God, and it was counted to him for righteousness : and he was called the friend of God. 24Do you see that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only ? 25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and...

...error. Nor does he contradict St Paul's doctrine by saying that ' Faith without works is dead,' and that ' a man is justified 'by works, and not by faith only' (James ii. 20. 24.). The one Apostle is speaking of a lively and active faith ; the other, of a dead...