 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.  Precious truth - Page 212Full view - About this book
 | John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1840 - 536 pages
...all appear " before the judgment-seat of God, to give account of the things done in the body.'' 12. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. 3 13. For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy ; and mercy rejoiceth against... | |
 | Thomas Manton - Bible - 1840 - 478 pages
...I am no adulterer ; but he could not say, I am not proud, I am not self-confident. VERSE 12. — 80 speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. Out of the whole discourse he inferreth a seasonable exhortation, that they would order their speeches... | |
 | 1842 - 406 pages
...imply a principle which, if followed out, will show the agreement of these two sacred writers, — " So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty." The law of liberty, so far as I remember, is a phrase peculiar to this writer. By it he evidently means... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames, Benjamin Lundy - Slavery - 1843 - 598 pages
...is the only speeies of theft which is punished with death by the laws of God. James ii, 12, 13. — "So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. "For he shall have judgment without merey that hath showed no merey, and merey rejoicem against judgment."... | |
 | George Bull - Bible - 1844 - 256 pages
...enquire, by what Jas. 2. 12. law Christians will be tried ? This question St. James will answer for us. " So speak ye and so do as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty." The law then by which we must be judged, is called the law of liberty, and has its name for these three... | |
 | Ruth Patten - 1845 - 314 pages
...PATTEN. I have been to meeting this evening, and preached.a very long sermon. My text, James 2 : 12—" So speak ye and so do as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty." I considered the divine law as the law of Jiberty, because it can neither be obeyed nor transgressed,... | |
 | Baptists - 1854 - 310 pages
...up prayer ; after which, Mr. JAMES WELLS delivered a very wholesome discourse from James ii. 12 : " So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty." We shall not attempt to give any portions of this valuable discourse, only to notice the introductory... | |
 | Thomas Manton - Bible - 1845 - 624 pages
...said : " They say, and do not" (Matt, xxiii. 3). But in Christians there must be saying and doing : " So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty" (James ii. 12). We shall be rewarded, not for speaking well, but for doing. " My hands also will I... | |
 | John Best Davidson - 1846 - 152 pages
...transgressors : For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all, &c. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy." 405. The following is a striking... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1847 - 474 pages
...shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed."1 St. James calls the Gospel " the law of liberty ;" and says, " So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty."2 St. Paul says, "The law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient,... | |
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