It remains for us, in the third place, to explain our position, that repentance consists of two parts—the mortification of the flesh and the vivification of the spirit... Both these branches of repentance effects our participation of Christ. For if we truly partake of his death, our old man is crucified by its power, and the body of sin expires, so that the corruption of our former nature loses all its vigor... If we are partakers of his resurrection, we are raised by it to a newness of life, which corresponds with the righteousness of God." from "A Compend of the Institutes of the Christian Religion" by John Calvin edited by Hugh T. Kerr, The Westminster Press-Philadelphia 1939.