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SD 15.1 Of Repentance unto Life and Salvation
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Of Repentance unto Life and Salvation

Section 15.1

Such of the elect as are converted at riper years, having sometime lived in the state of nature, and therein served divers lusts and pleasures, God in their effectual calling giveth them repentance unto life.

See also in WCF: 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6 Compare: Of Repentance unto Life
Zech. 12:10
[10] “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
Acts 11:18
[18] When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
Luke 24:47
[47] and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
Mark 1:15
[15] and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
Acts 20:21
[21] testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6
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14.3 15.2

Chapter 15: Of Repentance unto Life and Salvation

The evangelical grace of repentance

Of Repentance unto Life and Salvation

Section 15.1

Such of the elect as are converted at riper years, having sometime lived in the state of nature, and therein served divers lusts and pleasures, God in their effectual calling giveth them repentance unto life.

Of Repentance unto Life and Salvation

Section 15.2

Whereas there is none that doth good, and sinneth not, and the best of men may through the power and deceitfulness of their corruptions dwelling in them, with the prevalency of temptation, fall into great sins and provocations; God hath in the covenant of grace mercifully provided, that believers so sinning and falling, be renewed through repentance unto salvation.

Of Repentance unto Life and Salvation

Section 15.3

This saving repentance is an evangelical grace, whereby a person being by the Holy Ghost made sensible of the manifold evils of his sin, doth by faith in Christ humble himself for it with godly sorrow, detestation of it, and self-abhorrence, praying for pardon and strength of grace, with a purpose, and endeavour by supplies of the Spirit, to walk before God unto all well-pleasing in all things.

Of Repentance unto Life and Salvation

Section 15.4

As repentance is to be continued through the whole course of our lives, upon the account of the body of death, and the motions thereof; so it is every man's duty to repent of his particular known sins particularly.

Of Repentance unto Life and Salvation

Section 15.5

Such is the provision which God hath made through Christ in the covenant of grace, for the preservation of believers unto salvation, that although there is no sin so small, but it deserves damnation; yet there is no sin so great, that it shall bring damnation on them who truly repent; which makes the constant preaching of repentance necessary.