...word, that you may grow thereby. " You must be doers of the word, and not hearers only ; for if any man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man who beholclcth his natural face in a glass, and then goeth his way, and forgetteth what manner...

...blinds him again, and the wound is healed by a cry of Peace, peace, where God has never spoken peace. " For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer,...straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was." I know that fallen man in the glass of God's word is a leper from head to foot, an enemy to God, a...

...while my will is under that power it will lie straight with God's commanding will ; " Whoso [thus] looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth...but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in [though not for] his deed," James i. 25. And I am fully persuaded that the soul that walks in the righteousness...

...truth shall make you free." " Whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [mark that, continueth] therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, [which work is the work of faith] this man shall be blessed in his deed." " Stand- fast, therefore,...

...Christianity. O that we may not be hearers of it only ! " Like a man beholding his own face in a glass, who goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was." Nay, but let us steadily " look into this perfect law of liberty, and continue therein." Let us not...

...hearken, than the fat of rams. Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves : For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer,...man beholding his natural face in a glass ; for he behddeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of .man he was : But whoso...

...while they hear the word of God ; but they remember no longer than they hear. St. James says,1 Such are like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass...straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.' Local circurn-lances are infinitely various. The prejudices of education, example, early habits, have...

...of your spots, and adorning yourselves in holiness of life, by the glass of the word, Jam. i. 25. ' Whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and...therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the word,' &c. The word heard, but not practised, will sink men deeper in damnation ; but heard,...

...practice. This reason is suggested by the Apostle himself in the words following my text. " If any man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like...straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was:" he forgets the spots and stains Avhich he saw upon his face, and so neglects to remove them. " But...

...there shall no flesh be justified in his sight : for by the law is the knowledge of sin. o James i. 23. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer,...like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass ; Ver. 24. For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manthe curse...