...teaches that no faith availeth, except that which worketh by love. And when the former enquires, " Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when " he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar ?" he answers his own question by adding, " Seest thou how " faith wrought by his works, and by works...

...kindred, and his Father's house. This call he readily obeyed: He believed in the Lord, and it teas imputed unto him for righteousness ; and he was called the Friend of God b. Having proved him worthy of this sacred choice and name by many exercises of faith, God promised...

...a-Itar ? aaSeest thou how faith wrought .vith his works, arid by works was faith made perfect ? 23 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, Abraham...God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness : ind he was called the friend of . Ye see then how that by 25 Likewise also, was not Rahab the harlot...

...words are, *'. For as the body without the Spirit is dead, fo faith without works is dead alfo. Seeft thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect ?" How could he more ftrongly aflert the holinefs of faying faith, when he fays that holy love, the...

...Abraham Abraham our father juftified by works, when he had offered Ifaac his fon upon the altar? Seeft thou how faith wrought with his works ? and by works was faith made perfeft; and the fcripture was fulfilled, which faith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to...

...importance of this truth that induced the apostle, James to ask, when writing to the Jewish converts, Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar ? He knew there was a connexion between the faith of which he then spoke and moral duties : that it...

...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...

...Abraham, our father, juftified by works, when he had offered Ifaac his fon upon the altar ? Seeft thou not how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfcdt ? And the fcripture was fulfilled, which faith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to...

...Jefus Chrift. e Jam. a. 17, 2», :6. Evtn fo faith, if it hath not works is dead being alone ;—-Seeft thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect ?- -For ai the body without the fpirit is dead, fo faith without works is dead alfo. Gal. 5. 6. For...

...in that hard and difficult cafe of offering up Ijaac, his only fen,. upon the altar. Thus, you "fee, how faith,. " wrought with his works and by works, was faith. *; made perfett" He became, eminently, the lather of them •who believe. Believers, of every nation, are to...