note: bracketed in the original] ARTICLE XII.

- OF REPENTANCE (AFTER BACKSLIDING).
Concerning repentance they teach, that those who have relapsed into sin after baptism, may at any time obtain pardon, when they repent.

But repentance properly consists of two parts.

The one is contrition, or being struck with terrors of conscience, on account of acknowledged sin.
The other is faith, which is produced by the gospel; which believes that pardon for sin is bestowed for Christ's sake; which tranquilizes the conscience, and liberates it from fear.

Such repentance must be succeeded by good works as its fruits.
ARTICLE XIII.