for he perceived himself, and went away, and immediately forgot what kind of a man he was.

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

You see that faith cooperated with his works, and by works was faith made perfect,

and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, And Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him a righteousness, and he was called God's friend.

And in like manner also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?

Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed that it might not rain, and it rained not on the land for three years and six months;