John Trapp on James 2:14

Verſe 14. Though a man ſay he hath faith] Saying ſerves not the turn. Livy telleth us of the Athenians, Liv. de[illegible: 1 letter] 4. that they waged Word-warre againſt Philip King of Macedony. Quibus ſ[illegible: 1 letter]lis valebant, and that was all they could doe. M[illegible: 1 letter]n may word it with God, and yet miſcarry, Iſa. 58.2, 3. He is too wiſe to be put off with words: he turns up our leaves, and looks what fruit: whereof if he mi[illegible: 2 letters]e, he laies down his basket, and takes up his ax, Luk. 13.7. Chriſtianity is not a talking, but a walking with God, and at the laſt day it ſhall be required of men, non quid legerint, ſed quid egerint, non quid dixerint, ſed quomodò vixerint, Not what they have ſaid, but how they have acted.

Can faith ſave him?] That is, An ineffectuall faith, that worketh not by love, ſuch as is the faith of the Solifidians.