for he recognized himself, and has gone away, and immediately forgot what kind he was.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, having offered up his son Isaac on the altar?

You see that faith wrought with his works, and by works the faith was made perfect;

and the scripture was fulfilled, saying, And Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the friend of God.

And likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, having received the spies, and sent them out by another way?

Elijah was a man of like suffering to us, and he prayed with prayer that it might not rain, and it rained not upon the earth during three years and six months;