...remark, another passage from a plain, literal, Mn-figurative apostle. James, ii. 19. "Thou believest there is one God; thou doest well. The devils also believe and tremble." What was the object of James in his epistle, especially in this assertion ? Was it not to show thai...

...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. Thou believest that there...doest well : the devils also believe, and tremble. Here it is first implied, that there is a difference between saving faith and common that may be shown...

...xii. 42, 43. which faith, the apostle James says, is the faith of devils, and is dead, being alone. " Thou believest that there is one God, thou doest well,...devils also believe and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead ?" A man with this natural faith may assent (which is...

...may say, Thou hast faith, and I have 18 works : show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest 19 well : the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain 20 man, that faith without...

...19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, 0 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 22 the altar?...

...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. Thou believest that there...devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man! that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he...

...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...doest well : the devils also believe, and tremble. Here it is first implied, that there is a difference between saving faith and common that may be shown...

...profit, brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him. Thou believest that there is one God. Thou doest well; the devils also believe, and tremble. But as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. You, therefore, giving...

...for a greater degree of punishment ? and therefore are they said to tremble for fear. James ii. 19. " Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest well : the devils also believe and tremble." Hence when Christ was on earth, the devils were greatly afraid that Christ was come to torment them....

...remember what St. James says of that belief, which consists in a mere mental acknowledgment of truth : " Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest well : the devils also believe and tremble." It is very striking, though, after all, but natural and necessary, that the mode of religious education,...