...Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation," Habak. iii. 17, 18. Nov. 3. — What doth it profit, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works ? Can faith save him ? James ii. 14. Many of God's dear children are often in doubt and perplexity, lest their faith should...

...to be a believer, and to be a believer alone, it would not save him, as the apostle James saith, " What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and hare no works?" Can faith save him ? No; no more than the saying." Be ye filled, will fill any ; or,...

...that it is a lamp without oil, which will be extinguished in the day of the Lord's appearing. " For what doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith and hath not works, can faith save him ?" Such faith certainly will not, " for faith if it hath not works...

...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...

...shall have judgment without mercy that hath shewed no mercy ; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say...hath faith, and have not works ? can faith save him ? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them,...

...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...

...enabled him to perform the hardest and most painful act of obedience, the offering up his only son. " What " doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath " faith, and have not works ? can (this) § faith save him? " If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily " food ; and one...

...he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy. What doth it profit, my brethien, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works ? Can faith save him ? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food ; and one of you say unto them, depart...

...justified by works, and not by faith " only," illustrates his doctrine by the example of Abraham, who was " justified by works, when " he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar:" and he then adds, " Seest thou, how faith wrought " with his works, and by works was faith made "perfect;...

...is a manifestation of it in words, whereby a man professes faith. As the apostle says, verse 14, " What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath. faith ?" , Therefore here are two ways of manifesting to our neighbor what is in our hearts ; one by what...