Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Westminster Assembly and Synod of New York and Philadelphia · PDF
Chapter 15: Of Repentance unto Life
As every man is bound to make private confession of his sins to God, praying for the pardon thereof; upon which, and the forsaking of them, he shall find mercy: so he that scandalizeth his brother, or the church of Christ, ought to be willing, by a private or publick confession and sorrow for his sin, to declare his repentance to those that are offended; who are thereupon to be reconciled to him, and in love to receive him.
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Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 15.6
As every man is bound to make private confession of his sins to God, praying for the pardon thereof; upon which, and the forsaking of them, he shall find mercy: so he that scandalizeth his brother, or the church of Christ, ought to be willing, by a private or publick confession and sorrow for his sin, to declare his repentance to those that are offended; who are thereupon to be reconciled to him, and in love to receive him.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 15.6
As every man is bound to make private confession of his sins to God, praying for the pardon thereof; upon which, and the forsaking of them, he shall finde mercy: so, he that scandalizeth his Brother, or the Church of Christ, ought to be willing by a private or publique confession, and sorrow for his sin, to declare his repentance to those that are offended, who are thereupon to be reconciled to him, and in love to receive him.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 15.6
As every man is bound to make private confession of his sins to God, praying for the pardon thereof; upon which, and the forsaking of them, he shall find mercy: so he that scandalizeth his brother, or the church of Christ, ought to be willing, by a private or publick confession and sorrow for his sin, to declare his repentance to those that are offended; who are thereupon to be reconciled to him, and in love to receive him.
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 15.6, 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.…
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 15.6, which this paragraph revises
We have here first of all the general statement that all sins without exception ought to be confessed to God. This act of confession, properly understood, comprises prayer for…
