Q76
What is repentance unto life?
Repentance unto life is a saving grace,320 wrought in the heart of a sinner by the Spirit321 and Word of God,322 whereby, out of the sight and sense, not only of the danger,323 but also of the filthiness and odiousness of his sins,324 and upon the apprehension of God’s mercy in Christ to such as are penitent,325 he so grieves for326 and hates his sins,327 as that he turns from them all to God,328 purposing and endeavouring constantly to walk with him in all the ways of new obedience.329
Scripture Proofs
320
2 Timothy 2:25
321
Zechariah 12:10
322
Acts 11:18Acts 11:20-21
323
Ezekiel 18:28Ezekiel 18:30Ezekiel 18:32Luke 15:17-18Hosea 2:6-7
324
Ezekiel 36:31Isaiah 30:22
325
Joel 2:12-13
326
Jeremiah 31:18-19
327
2 Corinthians 7:11
328
Acts 26:18Ezekiel 14:61 Kings 8:47-48
329
Psalm 119:6Psalm 119:59Psalm 119:128Luke 1:62 Kings 23:25