JAMES 11I. works is dead. judg-|A. D. cir. 60. | he had offered Isaac his son upon altar? 14 P What doth it profit, my brethren, 9 though a man say hel hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, ye p Ma. 7. 26. Job 81.19. Lu. 3.11. no.3. 18. Gr. by itself. Some copies read, by thy works. s ch. 3. 13. 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; a notwithstanding give them not those things which needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17 Even so faith, if are it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Ma. 8. 29. Mar. 1. 24. 12. t La. 4. 34. Ac. 16. 17. Ge. 22. 9. Or, y He. 11.17. Ge. 15. 6. Ro. 4. 3. z thou seest. Ga. 3, 6. 2 Ch. 20.7. Is. 41. 8. Jos. 2. 1. He. 11.31. Or, breath. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, a and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee a Ma. 23. 8. my faith by my works. 14. Ro. 2. 20, 21. 1 Pe. 5. 3. 19 Thou believest that there is one b Lu. 6. 37. God; thou doest Or, well: t the devils also judgment. believe, and tremble. c 1 Ki.8.46. 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 1 My brethren, abe not many masters, 2 Ch. 6. 36. knowing b that we Pr. 20. 9. shall receive the Ec. 7. 20. greater condemna1 Jno. 1.8. tion. Ec. 14. 1. 1 Pe. 3. 10. 21 Was not Abra-d Ps. 34. 13. ham our father justified by works, uwhen 2 For in many things we offend all, If any man offend not in word, 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they e Ma. 12. 37. heavenly wisdom. 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it 28 an unruly evil, f Ps. 32. 9. full of deadly poi Pr. 12. 18. & 73, 8, 9. t Or, wood. son. 9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and there may obey us; and i Pr. 16. 27. with curse we men, we turn about theirk Ma. 15.11. whole body. Mar. 7. 15. Gr. wheel. $ Gr. 4 Behold also the ships, which though nature. they be so great, and tt Gr. naare driven of fierce ture of man. winds, yet are they Ps. 140. 3. turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the tt Or, hole. governor listeth. m Ge. 1. 26. n Ga. 6. 4. ch. 2. 18. 5 Even so g the tongue is a little member, and h boast. ch. 1. 21. eth great things. Be. 4 Ro. 13.13. hold, how great + ar Ro. 2. 17. matter a little fires ch. 1. 17. kindleth! Ph. 3. 19. ver. 6 which m are made after the similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries?' either a vine, figs ? can no fountain both yield salt water and 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of fresh. τροχον iniquity: so is the wheel. The tongue among Our mechanism among 13 Who is a wise man and enducd with members, that kit of the human knowledge defileth the body, and its whole power of af-you? let him shew body, and setteth on fecting and out of a good confire the course of of being af-versation o his works nature; and it is set fected by the with P meekness of on fire of hell. soul, is here wisdom. 7 For every kind strikingly represented of beasts, and of by an allubirds, and of ser- sion to the pents, and of things wheels of a in the sea, is tamed. machine actand hath been tamed in on each of tt mankind: other. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earth-A. D. cir. 60. ye ly, sensual, devil ish. † Or, the proud. not that ⚫ the friendship of the world is enmity with 16 Fort where en-t 1 Co. 3. 3. God? f whosoever vying and strife is, Ga. 5. 20. therefore will be a there is confusion Gr.tumult, friend of the world or, unquiet- is the enemy of God. and every evil work. xJno.3.18. Ho. 10. 12. Ma. 5.9. tt Or, 18 yAnd the fruit brawlings. of righteousness is it Or. sown in peace of them pleasures. that make peace. CHAP. IV. a 1 Pe.2. 11. $5 Or, envy. b Job 27.9. e Ps. 66. 18. 1 FROM whence 1 Jno.3.22. come wars and ++fight- ttt Or, ings among you? pleasures. come they not hence, d Ps. 73. 27. not. Pe. 5.9. 1 Is. 1. 16. 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, gThe spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, b God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. selves 7 Submit yourtherefore to God. i Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8k Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and m purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 p Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. 3 b Ye ask, and m1Jno. 3. 3. receive not, because n ch. 1. 8. ye ask amiss, that yeo Ma. 5. 4. may consume it upon p Jub 22. 29. 11 9 Speak not evil your lusts. Ma. 23. 12. one of another, bre1 Pe. 2. 1. thren. He that speak eth evil of his brother, 4 d Ye adulterers q and adultresses, know! Human life JAMES V. r Ma. 7. 1. is a vapour. and judgeth his bro-JA.D. cir. 60. | rich men, weep and ther, speaketh evil of howl for your misethe law, and judgeth ries that shall come the law: but if thous upon you. judge the law, thout art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy who art thou that judgest another? Ma. 10. 28. Ro. 14. 4. Pr. 27. 1. Lu. 12. 19. Or, for it is. Job 7.7. Ps. 102. 3. y 13 u Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and z continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : 14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? + It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 15 For that ye ought to say, y If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. 16 But now ye rejoice in your boast-e ings: all such re-f joicing is evil. 1 Pe. 1. 21. 1 Jno.2.17. Ac. 18. 21. 1 Co. 4. 19. & 16. 7. He. 6. 3. 1 a a Co. 5. 6. Jno.15.22. 1 Ti. 6.9. ch. 2. 2. Ma. 6. 20. d Le. 19. 13. Job 24. 10, 11. Jer. 22.13. Job 21. 13. Am. 6.1.4. Lu. 16. 19. 1 Ti. 5 6. ch. 2. 6. 17 Therefore a to him that knoweth to. do good, and doeth 8 it not, to him it ist Or, be long sin. CHAP. V. 1 Go to now, yel patient, or, suffer with long patience. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. • Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. 5f Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6 g Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth m Ma. 5. 12. n Ps. 94. 12. p Job 42. 10. q Nu. 14. 18. r Ma. 5. 34. Col. 3. 16. 10 m Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an examples Ep. 5. 19. of suffering affliction, and of patience. t 11 Behold, n we count them happy a which endure. Ye have heard of the x patience of Job, and have seen P the end of the Lord; that the 9 Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. Mar. 6. 13. to patience. you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? lets him sing psalms. 14 Is any sick among you? let him them pray over him, call for the elders of the church; and let anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and u if he have committed sins. they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 17 Elias was a man subject y to like pas1 Sa.12.18. sions as we are, and 1 Ki. 13.6. he prayed earnest2 Ki. 4.33. ly that it might Ps. 10. 17. not rain: a and it Pr. 15. 29. Jno. 9. 31. rained the not on 1 Jao.3.22. earth by the space Ac. 14. 15. of three years and six months. z 1 Ki. 17. 1. y 12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but in prayer. let your yea be yea; a Lu. 4. 25. and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. 13 Is any among Or, b 1 Ki.18.42. 45. e Ma. 18. 15. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaVen gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. 19 Brethren, c if any of you do err |