Lord’s Day 33Questions 88–91
Reformed Church in America English, 1879
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1879 Reformed Church in America Q&A text with inline proof references. Source: Wikisource scan transcription.
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In how many parts doth the true conversion of man consist?
In two parts: in the mortification of the old man (Rom. 6;6); and in the quickening of the new man (Col. 3;10).
What is the mortification of the old man?
It is a sincere sorrow of heart, that we have provoked God by our sins (2 Cor. 7;10); and more and more to hate and flee from them (Rom. 12;9).
What is the quickening of the new man?
It is a sincere joy of heart in God, through Christ (Ps. 51;8), and with love and delight to live according to the will of God in all good works (Rom. 7;22).
But what are good works?
Only those which proceed from a true faith (Heb. 11;6); are performed according to the law of God (Ezek. 20;19), and to his glory (1 Cor. 10;31), and not such as are founded on our imaginations, or the institutions of men (Deut. 12;8).