Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
Referring to the proposition contained in the so-called “Auchterarder Creed” that subsequently gave rise to the Marrow controversy in the Church of Scotland, the younger Thomas McCrie made the following remarks:
... Repentance, which is first in the call of the gospel, is last in the obedience of the sinner; and though God begins by inviting ” the wicked to forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts,” well does he know that not one of them will move a step till the words that follow ring in his ears, and meet the response of faith, “For he will have mercy, and will abundantly pardon.” To lead the sinner directly to the Saviour, to Him who alone can “give repentance and remission of sins,” must be obviously the ultimate aim of the gospel minister, even when he calls upon him to forsake his sins. ...
For more, see Thomas McCrie the younger on faith, repentance, and the Auchterarder Creed.
... Repentance, which is first in the call of the gospel, is last in the obedience of the sinner; and though God begins by inviting ” the wicked to forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts,” well does he know that not one of them will move a step till the words that follow ring in his ears, and meet the response of faith, “For he will have mercy, and will abundantly pardon.” To lead the sinner directly to the Saviour, to Him who alone can “give repentance and remission of sins,” must be obviously the ultimate aim of the gospel minister, even when he calls upon him to forsake his sins. ...
For more, see Thomas McCrie the younger on faith, repentance, and the Auchterarder Creed.
