"Those who are justified by true faith prove their justification by obedience and good works, not by a bare and imaginary semblance of faith. [James] is not discussing the mode of justification, but requiring that the justification of believers shall be operative."
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John Calvin, Institutes, Book 3, Chapter 18
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