Lord's Day 33

Question 88

Of how many parts does the true conversion of man consist?

Of two parts; of the mortification of the old, and the quickening of the new man.¹

Question 89

What is the mortification of the old man?

It is a sincere sorrow of heart, that we have provoked God by our sins; and more and more to hate and flee from them.²

Question 90

What is the quickening of the new man?

It is a sincere joy of heart in God, through Christ,³ and with love and delight to live according to the will of God in all good works.⁴

Question 91

But what are good works?

Only those which proceed from a true faith,⁵ are performed according to the law of God,⁶ and to his glory;⁷ and not such as are founded on our imaginations, or the institutions of men.⁸