faith, does good works; but he is not by these made more holy, or made a Christian, for this is of faith alone: nay, unless he first believed and were a Christian, all his works would be of no avail whatever, but would, in truth, be impious and damnable sins. These two sayings, therefore, are true.—‘Good works do not make a good man, but a good man makes good works.’ ‘Evil works do not make an evil man, but an evil man makes evil works.’—So that, the substance itself, or person, must always be first
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