...or esteem of our mind ; to which St. James seemeth to apply the law; If ye have re- Jam- »• 9sped to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 13. This should keep us from envying at those who have more worldly advantages. 14. It should keep...

...and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. II. 8 to 26. — If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, "Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself," ye do well. But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced...

...neither in the interior judgment or esteem of our mind ; to which St. James seemeth to apply the law ; ' If ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.' 13. This should keep us from envying at those who have more worldly advantages. 14. It should keep...

...man with a gold ring, and goodly apparel, and a poor man in vile raiment, and what he says thereon, " If ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors." I think the holy law written in the heart, duly attended to, would bring into condemnation for these...

...Apostle James adds his testimony, too, to the value of the same ancient revelation, when he says, ' If ye fulfil the. royal law according to the Scripture, — thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself, — ye do well.' He also thus writes, ' Take, my brethren, the Prophets, who have...

...God love his brother also, 1 John iv, 21. If ye fulfil the royal law, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well. But if ye have respect to...sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors, James ii, 8, 9. Circumcision is nothing, uncircumcision is nothing [comparatively speaking ;] but [under...

...the glorious testimony which St. James bears to the law of liberty : — "If ye [believers, says he] fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture,...Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well, [ye quit yourselves like perfect Christians.] But if ye have [uncharitably] respect to persons, ye...

...properly close that of St. Paul and St. John. " Hearken, my beloved brethren. If ye fulfil the royal law, Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well : but if ye have respect to persons," much more if ye bite and devour your brethren, " ye are convinced of the law as transgressors : for...

...condemning an undue respect of persons which had obtained to a great extent in the Christian Church, says, " If ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressorsV The difference which exists between the Law and the Gospel, is not that the Gospel dispenses...

...See also James ii. 8,9, 10,11. If ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt- love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: but if...sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that...