_Acts 5:31_—“_Him did God exalt with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins_”; _11:18_—“_Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life_”; _2 Tim. 2:25_—“_if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth._” The truly penitent man recognizes the fact that his sin deserves punishment. He never regards his penitence as offsetting the demands of law, and as making his punishment unjust. Whitefield: “Our repentance needeth to be repented of, and our very tears to be washed in the blood of Christ.” Shakespeare, Henry V, 4:1—“More will I do: Though all that I can do is nothing worth, Since that my penitence comes after all, Imploring pardon”—imploring pardon both for the crime and for the imperfect repentance. (_c_) That true repentance, however, never exists except in conjunction with faith. Sorrow for sin, not simply on account of its evil consequences to the transgressor, but on account of its intrinsic hatefulness as opposed to divine holiness and love, is practically impossible without some confidence in God’s mercy. It is the Cross which first makes us truly penitent (_cf._ John 12:32, 33). Hence all true preaching of repentance is implicitly a preaching of faith (Mat. 3:1‐12; _cf._ Acts 19:4), and repentance toward God involves faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 20:21; Luke 15:10, 24; 19:8, 9; _cf._ Gal. 3:7). _John 12:32, 33_—“_And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself. But this he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die._” _Mat. 3:1‐12_—John the Baptist’s preaching of repentance was also a preaching of faith; as is shown by _Acts 19:4_—“_John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that they should believe on him that should come after him, that is, on Jesus._” Repentance involves faith: _Acts 20:21_—“_testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ_”; _Luke 15:10, 24_—“_there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.... this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found_”; _19:8, 9_—“_the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wrongfully exacted aught of any man, I restore fourfold. And Jesus said unto him, To‐day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham_”—the father of all believers; _cf._ _Gal. 3:6, 7_—“_Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness. Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham._”