1   My ^note brethren, haue not the faith of our ^note glorious Lorde Iesus Christ ^note in respect of persons.

2   For if there come into your c&obar;pany a man with a golde ring, and in goodly apparell, and there come in also a poore man in vile raiment,

3   And ye haue a respect to him that weareth the gaie clothing; and say vnto him, Sit thou here in a ^note goodly place, and say vnto the poore, Stand thou there, or sit here vnder my footestoole,

4   Are yee not partiall in ^note your selues, and are become iudges of euill thoughts?

5    ^noteHearken my beloued brethren, hath not God chosen the ^note poore of this worlde, that they should be rich in faith, and heires of the kingdome which he promised to them that loue him?

6   But ye haue despised the poore. ^noteDoe not the riche oppresse you by tyrannie, and doe not they drawe you before the iudgement seates?

7   Doe nor they blaspheme the worthie Name after which yee be ^note named? Of faith and workes.

8    ^noteBut if yee fulfill the ^note royall Lawe according to the Scripture, which saith, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, yee doe well.

9   But if yee regarde the persons, yee commit sinne, and are rebuked of the Lawe, as transgressours.

10    ^noteFor whosoeuer shall keepe the whole Lawe, and yet faileth in one poynt, hee is guiltie of ^note all.

11    ^noteFor he that saide, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, saide also, Thou shalt not kill. Nowe though thou doest none adulterie, yet if thou killest, thou art a transgressour of the Lawe.

12    ^noteSo speake ye, and so doe, as they that shal be iudged by the Lawe of libertie.

13   For there shalbe condemnation merciles to him that sheweth not ^note mercie, and mercie reioyceth against condemnation.

14    ^noteWhat auaileth it, my brethren, though a man saith he hath faith, when he hath no workes? can that faith saue him?

15    ^noteFor if a brother or a sister bee naked and destitute of daily foode,

16   And one of you say vnto them, Depart in peace: warme your selues, and fil your bellies, notwithst&abar;ding ye giue them not those things which are needefull to the body, what helpeth it?

17   Euen so the faith, if it haue no woorkes, is dead in it selfe.

18   But ^note some man might say, Thou hast the faith, and I haue woorkes: shewe me thy faith out of thy woorkes, and I will shewe thee my faith by my woorkes.

19    ^noteThou beleeuest that there is one God: thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue it, and tremble.

20    ^noteBut wilt thou vnderstand, O thou vaine man, þt; the faith which is without workes, is dead?

21   Was not Abraham our father ^note iustified through workes, ^note when he offred Isaac his sonne vpon the altar?

22   Seest thou not that the faith ^note wrought with his workes? and through the workes was the faith made ^note perfect.

23   And the Scripture was ^note fulfilled which sayeth, ^note Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed vnto him for righteousnesse: and hee was called the friende of God.

Of the tongue.

24    ^noteYe see then howe that of workes a man is ^note iustified, and not of ^note faith onely.

25    ^noteLikewise also was not ^note Rahab the harlot iustified through workes, when she had receiued þe; messengers, & sent them out another way?

26    ^noteFor as the body without þe; spirit is dead, euen so the faith without workes is dead.

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