Westminster Shorter Catechism (modernized)

Question 87

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What is repentance unto life?

Repentance unto life is a saving grace,^a whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin,^b and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ,^c does, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God,^d with full purpose of, and endeavor after, new obedience.^e

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Commentary

An Explicatory Catechism (1675), on this question
John Flavel, An Exposition of the Assembly’s Catechism (1692), on this question
Thomas Vincent, An Explicatory Catechism (1673), on this question
Joseph Alleine, A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism (1672), on this question
Thomas Lye, The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions (1672), on this question
Alexander Whyte, A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism (1883), on this question
Matthew Henry, A Scripture Catechism (1703), on this question
Thomas Watson, A Body of Practical Divinity (1692), on Q. 85–90

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