What They Said

"Comfort may be increased by the sight of good works, but it is not built upon them; they are seeds of hope, not props of confidence."

“As trees without fruits are unprofitable; so knowledge without good works is abominable.  Leah and Rachel are fit emblems of knowledge and obedience; knowledge, like Rachel, is beautiful;  but obedience, like Leah, is fruitful.”

“This is what we have often said, that we Christians must break forth, and show by our deeds and before the people that we have the true faith. God does not need your works, he has enough in your faith. Yet he wants you to work that you may show thereby your faith to yourself and all the world. For God indeed sees faith, but you and the people do not yet see it, therefore you should devote the works of faith to the benefit of your neighbor. Thus this servant is an example and picture of all those who should serve their neighbor through faith.”

"Faith is full of good works.  It believes as if it did not work, and it works as if it did not believe."

"Naked faith is no faith."

"A naked profession of faith is no better than a verbal charity."

“Good deeds are such things that no man is saved from them, nor without them.”