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 doth, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God,d with full purpose of, and endeavour after, new obedience.e
Proofs
Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.
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
Related texts
- Westminster Shorter Catechism (modernized, 1647) Q. 87
- The Baptist Catechism (1695) Q. 92
- Westminster Larger Catechism (1647) Q. 76
Side by side, with what differs marked: The Shorter Catechism and the Baptist Catechism
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Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 87, symbolics.dev/wsc/87
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