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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01727	A godlie, zealous, and profitable sermon vpon the second chapter of Saint Iames. Preached at London, by Master George Gifford, and published at the request of sundry godly and well disposed persons	Gifford, George, d. 1620.	1582 (1582)	STC 11860; ESTC S108636	20,920	56

not sée nor vnderstand that it is not the purpose of the Apostle in this place to dispute vpon this point whether y e true faith doth saue iustifie or not but to shew that such as haue not good workes haue not the true faith in them and therefore whatsoeuer they professe they cannot be saued for he doth not propounde his matter thus what auaileth it though a man haue Faith and haue not workes but what auaileth it though a man saye he hath faith hath no workes Wherby it is very manifest that when Saint Iames doth attribute the name of faith vnto this dead Image hée doth it not in proper but in abusiue speach and after the manner of those men which called it faith when as in very déede it is none but onely a certeine resemblaunce and shaddowe thereof Thus much for this enteraunce state of his disputation now followe his reasons by which he doth proue that this kinde of Faith cannot auaile or profite a man for hee doth proue it very stronglye and pithely● The first of them is taken from a comparison or similitude which he setteth downe thus If a brother or a sister bée naked and destitute of daylye foode and one of you saie vnto them depart in peace warme your selues and fill your bellyes notwithstanding ye giue them not those thinges which are néedfull to the bodie what helpeth it This is the summe of the matter There commeth vnto you a poore man or a poore woman which lacketh clothes and sustenaunce you giue them gentle and fayre wordes God helpe ye God succour yée and send ye reliefe but ye giue them nothing can this helpe the poore man or the poore woman Shall they not for all your louing words sterue for colde die for hunger if euerye man should serue them so and giue them no other almes why doe yée not sée then that as this almes liberalytie to the poore which is but in faire speaches is colde doth not help so in like manner y e Faith which is but in words and outwarde profession of speach although it be w c neuer so great brags is dead thē furder why do ye not vnderstand that a thing which is weak and dead in it selfe can by no meanes haue power to giue life and to saue But obserue it a little better thus the comparison standeth if that liberalitie which is onely in words be colde or dead and doth not profit the poore nor make him a liberall man which vseth it then it followeth also that that Faith which is onely in speach is dead and therefore cannot saue or profit him which hath it if wordes onely could profit or cause it to be faith why should not wordes also profit the poore man or woman which is destitute If words onely can make a faithfull man why should not words make a liberall man If for a man to saie hée hath faith be of that power to do the greatest things as namely to couple vs to Christ to raise the soule from death to lyfe to put the Diuell to flight and to ouercome the world Should it not be able to doe y e lesser that is to say so far to preuaile with vs to haue such power in vs as to bring forth good works Déere brethren know y t if it bée aliue do the former it must néeds doe this if it doe not this latter then surely it is dead can do nothing to saue vs. This is a most plaine and forcible reason to proue that the faith of a carnall and worldly Gospeller is but a dead shewe of faith and therefore he is not iustified nor saued neyther can bée iustified nor saued thereby séeing it hath no life in it selfe to worke and to bring forth fruites it cannot giue lyfe vnto him for how shoulde it bring that which it hath not To set it foorth more plainly thus y e Apostle addeth but some man might saye thou hast the faith and I haue workes shewe me thy faith by thy workes and I will shewe thée my faith by my workes He sheweth héere how euery simple man which is a true Christian maye be able to deale against the greatest and most skilfull Doctour that is to proue that he hath no faith if he hath not good workes for when hée saith Some man will say it is as much as if he had said any man may say thou hast faith that is thou makest thy boast that thou hast faith shewe it by thy workes because faith is an holy thing wrought by Gods spirite and a lyuely and mightie thing therefore it cannot be without holy good actions For as a man is knowen to be dead when he doth not breath cannot stir sée heare and such lyke and contrariwise when he doth any of these he is known to be aliue euen so is it with faith if it can or doe bring forth no good workes then is it dead on the contrary part the actions stirring thereof doe shew it to be aliue This is a strong place against all those which doe not onely vaunt themselues of a vaine and dead beléefe but also woulde leaue no mark to know who are of God and who are of the Diuell Let a man take thē tardie in any foule vice wherin they wallow say vnto them ye are out of the waye ye haue not the true beléefe in God ye are couetous ye are a worldling ye are a drunkard an adulterer or such like their aunswere is readie Who made you able to iudge can you tell how I beléeue will you take vppon you to sée what is in my heart whatsoeuer you say I haue as good a beléefe as your selfe Marke well now I pray ye for héere you may learne how to answere such fellows say thus vnto thē faith indéed of it selfe is a secret thing in the hart but yet because it can no more be without good déeds then fire can be without heate the Lord doth bid vs by his Apostle to say vnto ye shewe me your faith by your works whē your tongue is foule your déedes are wicked most certaine it is that the hart is vncleane there is no right faith for y t doth purge the hart as S. Peter saith Act. 15. Looke but vpon mens words outward brags of their beléefe ye would thinke there were such plentie of faith y t there could be almost no more euery man doeth so strongly beléeue in Christ But come to this touchstone trial which is héere giuen vs shew thy faith by thy works it shall by by carry vs so far on y e other side when we sée such flouds of all horrible beastly sins y t it will cause vs to think vpon this saieng When y e Son of man commeth shal he finde faith vpon the earth For if this be true as it is most true because God himselfe hath set it downe y t the faith which