...manifested to be genuine; and upon trial, and being tried, it was more precious than gold that perisheth. " And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham...God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness ;" the scriptures having before asserted that, when God promised to Abraham that his seed should be...

...previously good; but that goodness is crowned, and the evidence of it is perfected, by the fruit appearing. "And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham...God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness : (ie a righteous act, deserving commendation), and he was called the friend of God."* How convincing...

...believe, and tremble. But wilt them know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead ? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered...the friend of God. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. Likewise also was not Ra nab the harlot justified by works,...

...divine origin. " Was not Abraham, our father, justified by works, when he had offered his son Isaac, upon the altar ? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect." James ii. 21, 22. When the soul of man is brought to lean upon this divine manifestation of the spirit,...

...to GOD, merely on the account of the " good works" by which it was accompanied. " Was not Abraham, our " father, justified by works, when he had " offered...the altar ? " Seest thou how faith wrought with his " work, and by works was faith made per" fect. And the scripture was fulfilled, " which saith, Abraham...

...doctrine was not contrary to that of St. Paul, he refers to the same passage in Genesis, " Was not Abraham our Father justified by works, when he had offered...God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness (k)." Abraham was first pronounced to be justified when he professed Faith alone without works, which...

...justified at the time of believing; and our subsequent good works evidence our faith to be genuine. " Seest thou " how faith wrought with his works, and...fulfilled, " which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was im• " puted to him for righteousness; and he was called the '* friend of God."f Abraham's justification*...

...Paul, he refers to the same passage in Genesis, " Was not Abraham our Father justified by works, vrlien he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how Faith wrought with his works, and by wovks was Faith made perfect? And the Scripture was fulfilled, which saith, Abraham believed God, and...

...this subject by a comparison of this faith of the hypocrite with that of Abraham. Was not Abraham, our father, justified by works when he had offered...how faith wrought with his works, and by works was made perfect ? And the Scripture was fulfilled, which saith, Abraham believed God : and it was imputed...

...says (ver. 21, &c.) that Abraham likewise was justified by works, and that by these " his faith was made perfect, and the Scripture was fulfilled, which...God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness.' " Now if piety and obedience, when life is continued after the acknowledgement of Christ, be required...