Is true repentance, repentance unto life?
Yes.

God hath unto the Gentiles granted repentance unto life,
Acts 11:18

Is there then a repentance that is not so?
Yes.

Judas repented and went and hanged himself,
Matthew 27:3, 5

Is true repentance a grace?
Yes.

Christ is exalted to give repentance,
Acts 5:31

Is it wrought by the word as an instrument?
Yes.

Is not my word like a fire, and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
Jeremiah 23:29

And by the spirit as an agent?
Yes.

I will pour upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace, and they shall mourn,
Zechariah 12:10

Is it a saving grace?
Yes.

It is repentance unto salvation,
2 Corinthians 7:10

And shall none be saved without it?
No.

Thou, after thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up wrath,
Romans 2:5

Is there such a thing as legal repentance?
Yes.

Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself?
1 Kings 21:29

And may this be attended with great terror?
Yes.

It is a spirit of bondage unto fear,
Romans 8:15

And with some external reformations?
Yes.

Herod observed John, and when he heard him, he did many things,
Mark 6:20

But is gospel repentance quite of a different nature?
Yes.

Ye sorrowed after a godly sort,
2 Corinthians 7:11

Does true repentance imply conviction of sin?
Yes.

He is convinced of all,
1 Corinthians 14:24

And is this conviction deep?
Yes.

They were pricked in their hearts,
Acts 2:37

And painful?
Yes.

A wounded spirit who can bear?
Proverbs 18:14

And abiding?
Yes.

Thine arrows stick fast in me,
Psalm 38:2

And in a sense mortal?
Yes.

Sin revived and died,
Romans 7:9

Doth this conviction extend to the sin of our nature?
Yes.

In sin did my mother conceive me,
Psalm 51:5

And to the corruptions of the heart?
Yes.

The whole heart is faint,
Isaiah 1:5

And to all actual sins?
Yes.

Come, see a man which told me all things that ever I did,
John 4:29

And to the filth of sin as well as the guilt of it?
Yes.

Behold I am vile,
Job 40:4

Can those therefore be said to repent who are not so much as convinced of sin?
No.

I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright; no man repented of his wickedness, saying, what have I done?
Jeremiah 8:8

Does repentance imply sorrow for sin?
Yes.

My sorrow is continually before me,
Psalm 38:17

But may there be a sorrow without repentance?
Yes.

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance,
2 Corinthians 7:9

Is true sorrow for sin genuine and free?
Yes.

Mine eyes pour out tears unto God,
Job 16:20

Is it upright and sincere?
Yes.

They shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his own
Zechariah 12:10

Is it pungent and strong?
Yes.

The people wept very sore,
Ezra 10:1

And does it love to be private and retired?
Yes.

And the land shall mourn every family apart, and their wives apart,
Zechariah 12:12

Doth repentance imply hatred of sin?
Yes.

What I hate, that do I,
Romans 7:15

And hatred of ourselves for sin?
Yes.

I abhor myself,
Job 13:6

Is this hatred of sin universal?
Yes.

I hate every false way,
Psalm 119:128

And irreconcileable?
Yes.

How shall we that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Romans 6:2

Is true repentance attended with a view of God’s mercy?
Yes.

There is forgiveness with thee,
Psalm 130:4

And a hope in that mercy?
Yes.

There is hope in Israel concerning this thing,
Ezra 10:2

Is a hope in God’s mercy a leading step to repentance?
Yes.

The goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance,
Romans 2:4

And therefore where there is no hope can there be no true repentance?
No.

Thou saidst there is no hope, I have loved strangers, and after them I will go,
Jeremiah 2:5

Is repentance attended with holy shame?
Yes.

I am ashamed and blush,
Ezra 9:6

And anxious fear?
Yes.

What carefulness it wrought in you— yea what fear,
2 Corinthians 7:11

And a clearing of God?
Yes.

That thou mayest be clear when thou judgest,
Psalm 51:4

And an humble submissive demeanour towards men?
Yes.

He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him,
Lamentations 3:30

Will penitent sinners confess their sins?
Yes.

I acknowledge my sin unto thee,
Psalm 32:5

And aggravate their sins?
Yes.

We have sinned and committed iniquity and have done wickedly and have rebelled,
Daniel 4:5–6

And make reparation where it is possible?
Yes.

If I have taken away any thing from any by false accusation I restore him fourfold,
Luke 19:8

Does repentance imply a turning from sin?
Yes.

If I have done iniquity, I will do so no more,
Job 34:32

Doth the true penitent turn from his beloved sin?
Yes.

I kept myself from mine iniquity,
Psalm 18:23

And from all sin?
Yes.

Repent and turn yourselves from all your abominations,
Ezekiel 14:6

And so as never fully to return to it again?
Yes.

Ephraim shall say, what have I to do any more with idols?
Hosea 14:8

Doth true repentance also imply a return to God?
Yes.

If thou wilt return, O Israel, return unto me,
Jeremiah 4:1

And to Christ?
Yes.

Ye are returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls,
1 Peter 2:25

And a return to ourselves?
Yes.

He came to himself,
Luke 15:17

And to duty?
Yes.

I turned my feet unto thy testimonies,
Psalm 119:59

But can we thus turn ourselves?
No.

Surely after that I was turned, I repented,
Jeremiah 31:19

Do true penitents perform duty from a different principle than they did before?
Yes.

For the love of Christ constraineth them,
2 Corinthians 5:14

And in a different manner?
Yes.

They serve God in a newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter,
Romans 7:6

But do they perform it in a perfect manner?
No.

For in many things we offend all,
James 3:2