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The Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechism
The confession of faith ; and, The larger and shorter catechism first agreed upon by the Westminster Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and now approved by the General Assembly of the kirk of Scotland to be a part of uniformity in religion between the kirks of Christ in the three kingdoms.
Edinbourg: printed by George Swinton and Thomas Brown, 1671
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CHAP. XV. Of Repentance unto life.
Repentance unto life, is an Evangelical gracea, the doctrine whereof is to be Preached by every Minister of the Gospel, as well as that of Faith in Christb.
REpentance unto life, is an Evangelical gracea, the doctrine whereof is to be Preached by every Minister of the Gospel, as well as that of Faith in Christb.
- aZech. 12.•0. Act 11.18
- bLuk. 24.47. Mat. 1.•5.
II. By it, a sinner, out of the sight and sense not only of the danger, but also of the filthiness and odiousness of his sins, as contrary to the holy nature, and righteous Law of God: and, upon the apprehension of his mercy in Christ to such as are penitent, so grieves for, & hates his sin, as to turn from them all unto God