Matthew Poole and continuators on James 2:19
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James2:19
19 Thou believest that there is one God , thou dost well : The devils also believe , and tremble .
Thou givest thy Assent to this Truth, that there is one God. This may likewise imply other Articles of the Creed, to which the like Assent may be given.
Either this kind of Faith hath its goodness, tho it be not saving, or ironically q. d. a great matter thou dost, when thou goest almost as high as the Devils.
Yield the like Assent to the same Truth.
The word signifies extreme Fear and Horror, viz. such as the thoughts of their Judge strikes into them. This shews the Faith the Apostle speaks of in this place, not to be the Faith of God's Elect, which begets in Believers an holy Confidence in God, and frees them from slavish Fears; whereas the Faith here spoken of, if it have any Effect upon Men, it is [illegible: 1 letter]ut to fill them with Horror.
Marginal references: Mark 1.24.
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