Brief Exposition (Stanley) n. 49

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49. From this derivation of good works, it is evident that faith alone cannot possibly produce or beget any works which are called fruits, any more than a woman can produce of herself any offspring without the man. Wherefore, the expression "fruits of faith "is mere words, devoid of meaning. Besides, throughout the whole world nothing ever was or is produced save from a marriage union in which one part has relation to good and the other to truth; or, in the case of the opposite kind, one part has relation to evil, the other to what is false. Consequently, no works can be conceived, much less born, save from such a marriage union; good works from the marriage of good and truth, evil works from the marriage of evil and falsity.


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