Faith at work. A brief and plain essay, upon certain articles of the Gospel,…

The Reader will presently observe in this Remarkable passage; both the Character of the Faith, which does not produce and promote Good Works, in the man that hath it: It is a Dead Faith; it will be of no use unto the man in whom it is; it can do nothing for him: and then, the Character of the Man who ha's this Faith; He is a vain man; •e seems, and he boasts, to have, what he hath not; and he flatters himself with Hopes that ne•er shall be made Good unto him. So that, we […] now Assured, A Workless Faith is a Worthless Faith.

The Reader will presently observe in this Remarkable passage; both the Character of the Faith, which does not produce and promote Good Works, in the man that hath it: It is a Dead Faith; it will be of no use unto the man in whom it is; it can do nothing for him: and then, the Character of the Man who ha's this Faith; He is a vain man; •e seems, and he boasts, to have, what he hath not; and he flatters himself with Hopes that ne•er shall be made Good unto him. So that, we 〈…〉 now Assured, A Workless Faith is a Worthless Faith.

Pa••, who Professedly handles the Doctrine of Justification, does plainly assert, That no man ⟨p. 5⟩living is Justified by Works, but a man is Justified only by Faith. James does nevertheless assert, That a man is Justified by Works, and a man is not Justified by Faith only. And yet, however some of the Ancients, as well as Luther, stumbled at this Appearance of Contradiction, the Assertions do not Contradict one another at all. Paul treats of our Justification before God, and the Right unto Everlasting Life, therein granted unto us, which is only by Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ […] treats of that which may manifest our Justifica•••• unto men, that See & Hear, our Profession of ou Faith; and here Works are significant. The Conscience of a man, may be distressed with a twofold Accusation.