...shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my (aith by my works. 19 Thou belicvest that there is one God ; thou doest well : the devils also believe and tremble. 20 Rut wiltthouknow,O vain man! that faith without works is dead ? £1 Was not Abraham our father justified...

...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...

...Christianity. The apostle James selects it as a maxim in the belief of the devils. " Thou believest that there is one God , thou doest well, the devils also believe and tremble." Some doctrine more pregnant with moral influence upon the heart of the sinner and his intercourse with...

...faith which he professes to have by the practical effects which flow from it. 19. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe and tremble. The belief that there is one only true God, the maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible...

...and works, which are the fruits of the Spirit : because the apostle James says, " Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble." The apostle Paul also says, in his letter to the Romans, " For the gifts and calling of God we without...

...he that believeth not shall be damned. Mark xvi. 16. Ps. ii. 12. Rom. xi. 20. ' Thou believest that there is one God: thou doest well; the devils also believe and tremble. James ii. 19. 1 Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Heb. xi....

...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, the 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...

...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 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...

...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?...

...only as a sign or evidence, and in God's declarative judgment, is further confirmed by verse 21. " Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered up Isaac his son upon the altar ?" Here the apostle seems plainly to refer to that declarative judgment...