| William Paley, Edmund Paley - 1825 - 578 pages
...goodness of heart," &c. Hear St. James : " If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace ; be...things 'which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit?" (James, ii. 15, 16.) 4f. " That giving to the poor is not mentioned in St. Paul's description... | |
| Francis Close - 1825 - 244 pages
...Christ,) " if a brother or sister," if any fellow Christian " be naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them depart in peace, be ye...things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?" And thus we may ask, if you are offering prayers to God continually to show pity upon the... | |
| 1847 - 660 pages
...love of God in him (1 John iii. 17) ? If a brother or sister be naked, or destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, " Depart in peace ;...things which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit (James ii. 6)? Let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth (1 John... | |
| John Scott - 1826 - 648 pages
...apostle informs us, James ii. 15, 16. If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be...things which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ? That is, if, instead of food and raiment, you only give him fair words and good wishes, what... | |
| William Carpenter - 1826 - 858 pages
...— can such a faith — save him?" " If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, depart in peace : be...things which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit?" What sincerity, what worth is there in such professions of kindness ? What benefit do they... | |
| Charles Walker - 1826 - 44 pages
...force of the sacred declaration — "If a brother or a sister be naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, depart in peace, be...things which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ?" The existence of an Education Society, relieves him from the dilemma. Into the treasury of... | |
| John Scott - 1826 - 650 pages
...apostle informs us, James ii. 15, 16. If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be...things which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ? That is, if} instead of food and raiment, you only give him fair words and good wishes, what... | |
| John Platts - 1827 - 572 pages
...mercy, that hath showed no ° mercy ; and p mercy rejoiceth 15 against 16 judgment. 14 What doth it q profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith,...or sister be naked, and 'destitute of daily food, '» glorieth. AV '« above. Wi. m JAMES, i. 25. " JOB, xxii. 6 : For thou hast taken a pledge from... | |
| 1827 - 566 pages
...apostle James illustrate this subject. « If a brother or sister be naked arid destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, depart in peace, be...things which are needful to the body, what doth it profit?' And may we not with equal justice say, what will your prayers profit, if they be the ollspring... | |
| 1827 - 512 pages
...have not works ? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them ; Depart in peace, be...things which are needful to. the body ; what doth it profit ? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say ; Thou hast... | |
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