Answer: Repentance unto life is a saving grace₁, wrought in the heart of a sinner by the Spirit₂ and Word of God₃, whereby, out of the sight and sense, not only of the danger₄, but also of the filthiness and odiousness of his sins₅, and upon the apprehension of God’s mercy in Christ to such as are penitent₆, he so grieves for₇ and hates his sins₈, as that he turns from them all to God₉, purposing and endeavoring constantly to walk with him in all the ways of new obedience.₁₀

1. 2 Timothy 2:25
2. Zechariah 12:10
3. Acts 11:18; Acts 11:20-21
4. Ezekiel 18:28; Ezekiel 18:30; Ezekiel 18:32; Luke 15:17-18; Hosea 2:6-7
5. Ezekiel 36:31; Isaiah 30:22
6. Joel 2:12-13
7. Jeremiah 31:18-19
8. 2 Corinthians 7:11
9. Acts 26:18; Ezekiel 14:6; 1 Kings 8:47-48
10. Psalm 119:6; Psalm 119:59; Psalm 119:128; Luke 1:6; 2 Kings 23:25