Isagoge in canonicas septem epistolas, qua (ut in Paulinis) compositionis oeconomia, et germana dispositio monstratur

must take care that they adorn the profession of their faith with every endeavor of good works; therefore, he urges the virtues of a reborn man throughout. We derive this proposition from chapter 1, verse 22: Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. And chapter 2, verse 14: What use will it be if anyone says he has faith, but does not have works? Can faith save him? And verse 20, likewise 26: faith without works is dead; signifying that the profession of faith itself, without the endeavor of good works, is a mere shadow. And chapter 3, verse 13: If anyone is wise among you, let him show his works from an honest conversation. And chapter 4, at the end: To him who knows how to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

PARTS.

There are principally two parts of the epistle. For it consists first of the title, in which is expressed