Because he was so minded, he hath brought us forth with a word of truth, to the end we should be a sort of firstfruit of his creatures

For he observed himself, and is gone away, and, straightway, it hath escaped him, - what manner of man, he was!

Abraham our father, was it not, by works, he was declared righteous - when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

And the scripture was fulfilled which saith - And Abraham believed God, And it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and, God's friend, was he called:

And, in like manner also, Rahab the harlot, Was it not, by works, she was declared righteous, when she gave welcome unto the messengers, and, by another way, urged them forth?

Elijah, was, a man, affected like us; and he earnestly prayed that there might be no moisture, and there was no moisture on the land, for three years and six months, -