Third Consolation is this, to you that are perplexed in Conscience, that you have committed heinous and aggravated sinfulness, yet that Jesus Christ by conversion doth wipe away the infamy & the ignominy of thy most horrid and scandalous sins, before conversion. Suppose thou hast bin a notorious infamous creature; yet Christ takes off the ignominy and the infamy of thy sin by Conversion: It is observable of Mary Magdalen she was a notorious whore, every one that saw her knew she was a common harlot; there was a woman that was a sinner, the meaning was, she was an infamous notorious harlot; What is done when Christ converted this woman? Verily, I say unto you, that where ever the Gospel is preached, it shall be spoken what this woman hath done, throughout the whole world, Christ did wipe away the infamy of harlotry, he would have renowned the love of that woman to Christ, he would have it spoken of where ever the Gospel was preached, Luk. 7.47. Wherefore I say unto thee, her sins which are many are forgiven, for she loved much. Christ did delight to wipe away the ignominy of her harlotry in her after life. It is worthy observation, that four women are reckoned in the Genealogy of Christ; what women were they? they were women that ⟨p. 126⟩were infamous, the best of them did fall into much scandal, and gave much offence, there you find mention of Tamar, Rachab, Ruth, and Bathsheba, no more in the Genealogy but these; what were all these women? they were converted women; Begin with Tamar, she committed uncleanness with her Father in law, an infamous woman, as you have the story in Gen. 38.18. And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? and she said, thy Signet, and thy Bracelets and thy Staff, that is in thine hand; and he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. Then you read of Rachab, a common harlot, in Heb. 11.31. By faith the Harlot Rachab perished not with them that believed not when she had received the spies with peace, Matth. 1.5. And Salmon begat Boos of Rachab, &c. A third woman mentioned in the Genealogy is Ruth, what was she? she was not so infamous as the rest were, yet she ran into a grievous scandal, Ruth came of Moab, whom Lot begat of his own daughter, you have the story in the Book of Genesis 19.36. Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. vers. 37.
Third Consolation is this, to you that are perplexed in Conscience, that you have committed hainous and aggravated sinfulnesse, yet that Jesus Christ by conversion doth wipe away the infamy & the ignominy of thy most horrid and scandalous sins, before conversion. Suppose thou hast bin a notorious infamous creature; yet Christ takes off the ignominy and the infamy of thy sin by Conversion: It is observable of Mary Magdalen shee was a notorious whore, every one that saw her knew shee was a common harlot; there was a woman that was a sinner, the meaning was, she was an infamous notorious harlot; What is done when Christ converted this woman? Verily, I say unto you, that where ever the Gospell is preached, it shall be spoken what this woman hath done, throughout the whole world, Christ did wipe away the infamy of harlotry, he would have renowned the love of that woman to Christ, he would have it spoken of where ever the Gospel was preacht, Luk. 7.47. Wherefore I say unto thee, her sinnes which are many are forgiven, for she loved much. Christ did delight to wipe away the ignominy of her harlotry in her after life. It is worthy observation, that four women are reckoned in the Genealogy of Christ; what women were they? they were women that ⟨p. 126⟩were infamous, the best of them did fall into much scandall, and gave much offence, there you find mention of Thamar, Rachab, Ruth, and Bathsheba, no more in the Genealogy but these; what were al these women? they were converted women; Begin with Thamar, she committed uncleannesse with her Father in law, an infamous woman, as you have the story in Gen. 38.18. And hee said, What pledge shall I give thee? and she said, thy Signet, and thy Bracelets and thy Staffe, that is in thine hand; and he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. Then you read of Rachab, a common harlot, in Heb. 11.31. By faith the Harlot Rachab perished not with them that beleeved not when she had received the spies with peace, Matth. 1.5. And Salmon begat Boos of Rachab, &c. A third woman mentioned in the Genealogy is Ruth, what was shee? she was not so infamous as the rest were, yet she ran into a grievous scandall, Ruth came of Moab, whom Lot begat of his own daughter, you have the story in the Book of Genesis 19.36. Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. vers. 37.
