Asahel Nettleton, Remains of the Late Rev. Asahel Nettleton, D.D. (Sermon IV, “True repentance not antecedent to regeneration”).

The new heart, therefore, which is the effect of the Spirit's agency in regeneration, is a penitent heart. Hence it is plain that true repentance does not precede regeneration. Permit me here to remark, I have not assert…