...was ' jus' tified 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...saith, ' Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him, far,. ' righteousness :' (Jam.ii.%0 — 26.) now these words were spoken many years before...

...no nor so much as to join works with it in partnership and commission ; for, verse 23, he tells us, the Scripture was fulfilled, which saith, Abraham...God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness : the very place, which St. Paul, Rom. iv. 3. Gal. iii. 6. makes use of to prove Justification by Faith...

...into them, but by pardoning their sins and accepting their persons as righteous: not 1 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered...fulfilled, which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imjmted unto him for righteousness: and he was called the friend ot" God. Ve see then how that by works...

...tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith " without works is dead ? Was not Abraham our fa" ther justified by works, when he had offered Isaac " his...faith made perfect? " And the Scripture was fulfilled, (confirmed,) which " saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed " unto him tor righteousness :...

...therefore had good reason to say, that Abraham's faith co-operated with his works in procurxat, 23 And the scripture •was fulfilled, which saith, Abraham...righteousness : and he was called The Friend of God. 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise also, was not...

...faith ef Abraham, who is the father of us all. Jam. ii. 23. And the Scripture was fulfilled which rath, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him...righteousness: and he was called the friend of God. See also Isaiah xii. 8, 30th Q. — What were the promises of God to Abraham? A. — He promised to...

...was not contrary to that of St. Paul, he refers to the same passage in Genesis, "Was not Abraham bur Father justified by works., when he had offered Isaac...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...saith, Abraham believed God, and it was " imputed to him for righteousness ; and he was " called the friend of God."1 Abraham's justification by faith...

...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...