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Page 44
... faith , we take upon us to say , that whatever the writer of them meant by these expressions , he did not mean to lay it down as an article to be received by his disciples , that a man leading a wicked life , without change and without ...
... faith , we take upon us to say , that whatever the writer of them meant by these expressions , he did not mean to lay it down as an article to be received by his disciples , that a man leading a wicked life , without change and without ...
Page 46
... faith , and not works ; can faith save him ? ' St James doth not here suppose the man hypo- critically , and for some sinister purpose , to pretend to believe what he does not believe . The illustration which follows plain- ly supposes ...
... faith , and not works ; can faith save him ? ' St James doth not here suppose the man hypo- critically , and for some sinister purpose , to pretend to believe what he does not believe . The illustration which follows plain- ly supposes ...
Page 47
... faith , in contradistinction to good works . Now , although it may be a reasonable method of showing that a man's words are not to be taken in the sense which the letter and terms of the sentence may seem , at first sight at least , to ...
... faith , in contradistinction to good works . Now , although it may be a reasonable method of showing that a man's words are not to be taken in the sense which the letter and terms of the sentence may seem , at first sight at least , to ...
Page 48
... faith . It would be to say what his next words unsay , and contradict . The most therefore that this text , ' the just shall live by faith , ' can amount to , is , that though good works be necessary and be performed , yet , after all ...
... faith . It would be to say what his next words unsay , and contradict . The most therefore that this text , ' the just shall live by faith , ' can amount to , is , that though good works be necessary and be performed , yet , after all ...
Page 49
... faith , yet hath at the same time , and in the same writing , most absolutely insisted upon a virtuous life , and most positively declared that a life of sin will end in perdition . Con- cerning faith , he hath said this ; By grace are ...
... faith , yet hath at the same time , and in the same writing , most absolutely insisted upon a virtuous life , and most positively declared that a life of sin will end in perdition . Con- cerning faith , he hath said this ; By grace are ...
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