who beheld himself, and went away, and immediately forgot what manner of man he was.

consider, Was not our father Abraham justified by works, when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar?

Thou seest that faith co-operated with his works, and that by his works his faith was perfected.

And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God.

And in like manner also was not the harlot Rahab justified by works, when she entertained the spies, and let them out another way?

Elias was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it rained not upon the land for three years and six months: