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acknowledge_v and_o bring_v forth_o what_o therefore_o be_v that_o vain_a faith_n be_v it_o altogether_o uneffectual_a forth_o it_o bring_v forth_o no_o good_a fruit_n for_o it_o be_v void_a of_o life_n but_o it_o bring_v forth_o the_o bitter_a fruit_n of_o hell_n and_o death_n for_o it_o be_v a_o most_o fruitful_a mother_n of_o vanity_n superstition_n and_o hypocrisy_n it_o be_v a_o foolish_a boast_n it_o be_v but_o a_o image_n of_o faith_n it_o be_v a_o stop_n or_o let_v from_o salvation_n it_o be_v a_o guider_n or_o leader_n unto_o death_n brief_o it_o have_v it_o portion_n with_o hypocrite_n and_o devil_n 15_o for_o if_o a_o brother_n or_o a_o sister_n be_v naked_a and_o destitute_a of_o daily_a food_n 16_o and_o one_o of_o you_o say_v unto_o they_o depart_v in_o peace_n warm_v yourselves_o and_o fill_v your_o belly_n notwithstanding_o you_o give_v they_o not_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v needful_a to_o the_o body_n what_o help_v it_o 17_o even_o so_o the_o faith_n if_o it_o 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speak_v by_o a_o licence_n of_o rhetoric_n 18_o but_o some_o man_n may_v say_v thou_o have_v the_o faith_n and_o i_o have_v work_n show_v i_o thy_o faith_n out_o of_o thy_o work_n and_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o my_o faith_n by_o my_o work_n vain_a an_o other_o reason_n that_o faith_n which_o be_v void_a of_o it_o fruit_n be_v vain_a as_o if_o he_o say_v some_o godly_a man_n o_o thou_o hypocrite_n may_v repress_v thy_o vanity_n by_o object_v thus_o unto_o thou_o thou_o hypocrite_n have_v faith_n as_o thou_o say_v for_o it_o be_v a_o licence_n of_o scorn_v i_o have_v work_n thou_o if_o thou_o can_v show_v i_o thy_o faith_n by_o thy_o work_n which_o true_o thou_o can_v not_o do_v because_o thou_o have_v none_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o my_o faith_n by_o my_o work_n wherefore_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o thy_o faith_n be_v like_a unto_o a_o dead_a carcase_n but_o that_o i_o be_v lively_a which_o appear_v by_o the_o fruit_n and_o lively_a motion_n thereof_o similitude_n for_o even_o as_o 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