 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.  Polygamy and Citizenship in Church and State - Page 138by Samuel Spahr Laws - 1906 - 227 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David C. Haynes - Baptists - 1856 - 362 pages
...is revealed as the free gift of God to us, in the Gospel. Q. 92. What is repentance unto life ? A. Repentance unto life is- a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sins, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, does, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn... | |
 | Philip Lindsley - 1866 - 736 pages
...in our excellent Catechism, and in perfect accordance with the genuine import of the original term,) is a saving grace whereby a sinner out of a true sense...sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavour after new obedience." It is called a saving grace, or repentance unto life, (Acts, xi. 18,)... | |
 | rev Andrew Cameron - 1867 - 784 pages
...repentance unto life?" "Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, under a true sense of sin and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ,...sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of and endeavour after new obedience." His sense of sin seemed a true sense ; it seemed to humble him in the... | |
 | 1867 - 416 pages
...Christ and to God. Correctly, then, in our judgment does the Assembly's Catechism define repentance as " a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sins, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn... | |
 | Benjamin Field - Church history - 1868 - 298 pages
...Catechism:" — "True repentance is a grace of the Holy Spirit, whereby a sinner, from a sense of his sins and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it to God, with full purpose of, and endeavours after, future obedience." And thus by Rev. JS Pipe, in... | |
 | James Culross - God (Christianity) - 1868 - 170 pages
...return ; simply exhibits God's receiving love. When a sinful man moved by the blessed Spirit, and under a true sense of his sin and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, arises and goes to the heavenly Father, it is ever thus : he is not only received, but welcomed, with... | |
 | James Waddel Alexander - Preaching - 1869 - 540 pages
...repentance. The definition of the Catechism is a true summation of scriptural teachings on this subject. " Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a...sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavour after new obedience." The mistaken theory to which we have adverted, of deriving faith from... | |
 | Sunday school teachers - 1869 - 568 pages
...with the matter) drill a child thoroughly in the answer to the question, What is repentance? — " Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a...grief and hatred of his sin turn from it unto God," &c. ; — and give me the story of Zaccheus to teach to another scholar. I know not which would answer... | |
 | 1869 - 642 pages
...return ; simply exhibits God's receiving love. When a sinful man moved by the blessed Spirit, and under a true sense of his sin and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, arises and goes to the heavenly Father, it is ever thus : he is not only received, but welcomed, with... | |
 | John Green - Sunday school teachers - 1870 - 304 pages
...Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our King ; He will save us. 87. Q. What is repentance unto life? A. Repentance unto life, is a saving grace/ whereby a...sin turn from it unto God,' with full purpose of and endeavours after new obedience.* ' Acts xi. l8. Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance... | |
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