centerpin fan
Senior Member
If I look at what Augustine said:
Augustine: "Grace is give to you, not wages paid to you...it is called grace because it is given gratuitously. By no precedent merits did you buy what you have received. The sinner therefore received this grace first, that his sins should be forgiven him...good works follow after a justified person; they do not go before in order that he may be justified...good works, following after justification, show what a man has received."
Reading this it becomes very clear to me that he did not think that repentance of sin was necessary for salvation.
You're selectively quoting a man whose autobiography was titled Confessions -- which details his life of sin and subsequent repentance.