An abridgement of the Institution of Christian religion written

1 THE school Sophisters err greatly in the definition of repentance, saying,¹ that to repent is to lament the sins which are past, & not to commit such things as they may lament.² They err also when they divide it into the contrition of the heart, the confession of the mouth, and satisfaction of the work: for a man may be truly penitent without the confession of the mouth.

1 THE schoole Sophisters erre greatlie in the definition of repentance, saying,¹ that to repent is to lament the sins which are past, & not to cōmit such things as they may lament.² They erre also when they deuide it into the contrition of the heart, the confession of the mouth, and satisfaction of the work: for a man may bee trulie penitent without the confession of the mouth.

1. 1The definition of popish repentance.
2. 2The popish division of repentanceThe popish diuision of repē tance

2 Again if those three be necessary to obtain remission of sins, nothing is more miserable or in worse case then we, who can never be fully persuaded of remission of sins. They make contrition ⟨p. 160⟩the first point to obtain pardon, and that they will have to be perfect,¹