James 1:26: For as the body without the spirit is dead, &c

As when the active soul is fled,
A senseless lump the body lies,
The faith which did from God proceed,
If separated from works, it dies;
A carcase without life or power,
A faith extinct is faith no more.

Faith without works is not the true;
The living principle of grace,
The virtue which can all things do,
Works universal righteousness,
And gains, when all its toils are past,
The promise of pure love at last.
Know this, ye infidels in heart,
Who boast your barren faith in vain,
Who dare the sacred word pervert;
The carcase dead is not the man:
Or if ye did true life receive,
Ye ceased at once to work and live.
Dreamers of your salvation sure,
Awaking unto righteousness,
Your Antinomian faith abjure,
Your groundless hope, and hellish peace;
Arise, and wash away your sins:
And then—the work of faith begins!
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