A pamphlet containing the last two biblical-theological articles in the series Bekeerden en onbekeerden, first published in De Heraut, no. 199, October 16, 1881–no. 200, October 23, 1881. The articles had already been reprinted with a changed title in 1885.04 (pp. 358–375). A short preface—signed “the distributor” and dated Leiden, January 1904—notes that both articles are being reprinted by permission of the author. The pamphlet was intended to clarify the doctrine of “presumed regeneration.”

On September 6, 1905, the General Synod of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands unanimously approved the conclusions of a report about doctrinal disputes. The fourth and final point in the report dealt with presumed regeneration.