Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavour after, new obedience. Pastors and Teachers: Six Lectures on Pastoral Theology, Delivered in the ... - Page 235by Edmund Arbuthnott Knox - 1902 - 300 pagesFull view - About this book
| Matthew Henry - 1835 - 142 pages
...which is through the faith of Christ, Phil. iii. 9. Q. 87. What is repentance unto life ? A. Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out...sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, does with grief and hatred of his sin turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavor after... | |
| 1836 - 446 pages
...VOL.VIU. BIBLE INSTRUCTION. No. XXII. REPKNTANCB. " Repentance towards God." — Acts xx. 21. " REPENTANCE unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out...apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth, vvitli grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavour after,... | |
| Thomas Chalmers - 1836 - 406 pages
...sinner is represented not merely as grieving, but, along with his grief and hatred of sin, as turning from it unto God with full purpose of, and endeavour after new obedience. But the mischief is, that the word repent has a common meaning, different from the theological ; that... | |
| William Nevins - 1837 - 464 pages
...so me sort of reformation; but we mean that you do not repent, that you are not subjects of that ': saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense...and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth in the grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavor after,... | |
| James Maclean - 1838 - 308 pages
...he is taught and enabled by the grace of the Gospel, with deep regret for, and hatred of his sin, to turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavour after, new obedience. From what has been said concerning the true nature of repentance, the necessity of it in order to our... | |
| Hervey Wilbur - 1838 - 152 pages
...g whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of sin, A and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, i doth, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto GOd, k with full purpose of, and endeavors after, new obedience. l g Acu 11. 18. A Acu 2. 37, 38. i Joel... | |
| Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1839 - 558 pages
...salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel. Q. 87. What is repentance unto life ? A. Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out...full purpose of, and endeavour after, new obedience. Q. 88. What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption... | |
| James Fisher - 1840 - 496 pages
...life." QUEST. 87. What is repentance Unto life? ANS. Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby .1 sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension...full purpose of, and endeavour after, new obedience. Q. 1. Why is the repentance, described in the answer, called [repentance unto life?] Acts. xi. 18.... | |
| Alexander Smith Paterson - 1841 - 486 pages
...this testimony Mark xvi. 16, and 1 John v. 10-12. SECT. II.— Of Repentance unto Life. Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out...full purpose of, and endeavour after new obedience. ANALYSIS AND PROOFS. \Ve are here taught,— 1. That repentance unto life is a saving grace. 2 Cor.... | |
| Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1841 - 546 pages
...salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel. Q. 87. What is repentance unto life? Jl. Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out...of G*od in Christ, doth, with grief and hatred of "hrs sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavour after, new obedience. Q. 88. What... | |
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