A. That where there is true grace, the fear of man will wear off daily.
CHAPTER VIII.
11.Q. Why would not Christ condemn the woman caught in adultery?
A. Not because he approved of her sin, but because it did not belong to him as a prophet, to be the judge of such matters.
9.Q. What learn you from the persons being convicted from their own consciences, and going out one by one?
A. That wicked men need no other accuser but their own consciences; and that it is absurd to condemn and be inveterate against another, for a crime we have been, or are guilty of ourselves.
Q. Is it to be supposed that all this woman’s accusers had been guilty of adultery?
A. Perhaps not in the very act, but guilty of heart-adultery, as our Saviour explained it in the 5th of Matthew.
6.Q. How did the Jews intend to ensnare our blessed Lord, by bringing this woman before him?
A. They wanted to impeach him, either as severe if he ordered her to be stoned, or as one that gave license to sin, if he forgave her.