 | John Venn - Sermons - 1818 - 424 pages
...offered his son Isaac upon the altar. " Seest thou how faith wrought with his works," to produce them, " and by works was faith made perfect ?" " And the Scripture...fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it (his faith) was counted to him for righteousness, and he was called the friend of God!" The argument... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1824 - 496 pages
...that cometh from God only ?" " Faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone." Seest thoti bow faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?" "Seeing ye have purified your souls by obeying the truth," &c. ' * If the sacred waters of truth flow... | |
 | 1832 - 812 pages
...and the sentiments expressed. A SERMON. FOR THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. JAMES ii. 20 — 22. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works...justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his ton upon the altar ? Seeit thou horn faith wrought with hit marks, and by works nas faith made perfect... | |
 | 1838 - 794 pages
...FAITH AND GOOD WORKS. JAMES ii. 20 — 22. But wilt i/i/ni know, 0 vain man, that faith without marks is dead ? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his lion upon the altar ? Seest thou horn faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect... | |
 | 1819 - 774 pages
...while employed in devising excuses for living in the neglect of known duty, he read James ii. 20: " But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead." He could no longer pacify his conscience with vain excuses. These words swept away all his refuges... | |
 | John Newton - 1821 - 686 pages
...: the devils also believe and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works ia dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works,...with his works, and by works was faith made perfect i And the Scripture was fulfilled ^confirmed), which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Emotions - 1821 - 472 pages
...said to be made perfect, or to be finished. So the apostle James says, James ii. 22, " Seest thoti how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect, or finished?" (as the word in the original properly signifies.) So the love of God is said to be made... | |
 | Henry Kollock - Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 510 pages
...works at the judgment-day. It is of this second justification that James speaks, when he says, " But wilt thou know, O vain man ! that faith without works...with his works, and by works was faith made perfect." There is not, as some have supposed, the smallest contradiction between him and Paul in the doctrine... | |
 | Arminianism - 1822 - 872 pages
...inspired Apostle, whose object was to banish from the world an inoperative and antinomian faith. " Was not ABRAHAM our father justified by works, when...fulfilled, which saith, ABRAHAM believed GOD, and it waimputed to him for righteousness ; and he was called the friend of GOD. Ye see then how that by works... | |
 | Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 554 pages
...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... | |
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Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar ? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect... 
