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[1]Mybrethren, haue not the fayth of our Lorde Iesus Christe, the Lord of glorie, with respect of persons
[2]Foryf there come into your companie a man wearing a golde ryng, clothed in goodly apparell, and there come in also a poore man in vile rayment
[3]Andye haue a respect to hym that weareth the gay clothyng, and say vnto hym, sitte thou here in a good place: & say vnto the poore, stande thou there, or sitte here vnder my footestoole
[4]Areye not partiall in your selues, and are made iudges of euyll thoughtes
[5]Hearkenmy deare beloued brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, such as are riche in fayth, and heyres of the kyngdome, which he promised to them that loue hym
[6]Butye haue despised the poore. Do not riche men oppresse you by tirannie, and drawe you before the iudgementes seates
[7]Donot they blaspheme that good name by the which you are named
[8]Ifye fulfyll the royal lawe, according to the scripture, thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, ye do well
[9]Butyf ye regarde one person more then another, ye commit sinne, and are rebuked of the lawe, as transgressours
[10]Whosoeuershal kepe the whole lawe, and yet fayle in one poynt, he is gyltie of all
[11]Forhe that sayde, thou shalt not commit adulterie: sayde also, thou shalt not kyll. Though thou do none adulterie, yet yf thou kyll, thou art become a transgressour of the lawe
[12]Sospeake ye, and so do, as they that shalbe iudged by the lawe of libertie
[13]Forhe shall haue iudgement without mercie, that sheweth no mercie: And mercie reioyceth agaynst iudgement
[14]Whatprofiteth it my brethren, though a man say he hath fayth, and hath not deedes? Can fayth saue hym
[15]Ifa brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of dayly foode
[16]Andone of you say vnto them, depart in peace, be you warmed and fylled: notwithstandyng, ye geue them not those thinges which are nedefull to, the body, what shall it profite
[17]Euenso, fayth, yf it haue not deedes, is dead in it selfe
[18]Butsome man wyll say, thou hast fayth and I haue deedes: shewe me thy fayth by thy deedes, and I wyll shewe thee my faith by my deedes
[19]Beleuestthou that there is one God? Thou doest well. The deuyls also beleue, and tremble
[20]Butwylt thou knowe, O thou vayne man, that that fayth which is without workes, is dead
[21]Wasnot Abraham our father iustified through workes, when he had offered Isaac his sonne vpon the aulter
[22]Seestthou not, howe ye faith wrought with his deedes, and through ye deedes was the fayth made perfect
[23]Andthe scripture was fulfylled, which sayth: Abraham beleued God, and it was reputed vnto hym for ryghteousnesse: And he was called the friende of God
[24]Yesee then, howe that of deedes a man is iustified, and not of fayth only
[25]Lykewysealso, was not Rahab the harlot iustified through workes, when she had receaued the messengers, and had sent them out another way
[26]Foras the body without the spirite is dead: euen so, fayth without workes, is dead [also
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