Paragraph 15.5
Chapter 15: Of Repentance unto Life
Men ought not to content themselves with a general repentance, but it is every man’s duty to endeavour to repent of his particular sins, particularly.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Westminster Assembly and Synod of New York and Philadelphia · PDF
Changes from Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 15.5
No change, but in spelling and punctuation.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 15.5
Men ought not to content themselves with a general repentance, but it is every man’s duty to endeavour to repent of his particular sins, particularly.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 15.5
Men ought not to content themselves with a generall repentance, but it is every mans duty to endeavour to repent of his particular sins, particularly.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 15.5
Men ought not to content themselves with a general repentance, but it is every man’s duty to endeavour to repent of his particular sins, particularly.
Commentaries (2)
David Dickson, 1684, Truths Victory over Error
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 15.5, which this paragraph revises
Is Repentance unto life, an Evangelical Grace, the Doctrine whereof is to be preached by every Minister of the Gospel; as well as that of Faith in Christ? Yes. Doth a sinner.…
David Dickson’s text
John Macpherson, 1881, The Westminster Confession of Faith, with Introduction and Notes
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 15.5, which this paragraph revises
Such a particular enumeration and remembrance of our faults is necessary to produce in us a proper and becoming frame. ‘A general persuasion that thou art a sinner,’ says Hooker,…
John Macpherson’s text