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in Christ, however, may be and is of great Use to produce a good
Life, but that it can conduce nothing towards Salvation where it does
not conduce to Virtue, is, I suppose, plain from the Instance of the
Devils, who are far from being Infidels, _they believe_, says the
Scripture, _and tremble._ There were some indeed, even in the
Apostles' Days, that set a great Value upon Faith, distinct from Good
Works, they meerly idolized it, and thought that a Man ever so
righteous could not be saved without it: But one of the Apostles, to
show his Dislike of such Notions, tells them, that not only those
heinous Sins of Theft, Murder, and Blasphemy, but even _Idleness_, or
the Neglect of a Man's Business, was more pernicious than meer
harmless Infidelity, _He that neglects to provide for them of his own
House,_ says he, _is WORSE than an Infidel._ St. _James_, in his
second Chapter, is very zealous against these Cryers-up of Faith, and
maintains that Faith without Virtue is useless, _Wilt thou know, O
vain Man,_ says he, _that Faith without Works is dead;_ and, _shew me
your Faith without your Works, and I will shew you mine by my Works_.
Our Saviour, when describing the last Judgment, and declaring what
shall give Admission into Bliss, or exclude from it, says nothing of
_Faith_ but what he says against it, that is, that those who cry
_Lord, Lord_, and profess to have _believed_ in his Name, have no
Favour to expect on that Account; but declares that 'tis the
Practice, or the omitting the Practice of the Duties of Morality,
_Feeding the Hungry, cloathing the Naked, visiting the Sick,_ &c.
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