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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.

See also in WCF: 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6 Compare: Of Repentance unto Life
Rom. 6:23
[23] For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom. 5:12
[12] Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned —
Matt. 12:36
[36] I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
Isa. 55:7
[7] let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Rom. 8:1
[1] There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Isa. 1:16, 18
[16] Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, [18] “Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
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15.3 15.5

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.