226 Evangelical Repentance. will drawmore neare to you ; and he will, turne unto you again. And whereas 'tis faid; That Chrifi camenot to callthe righ- teous, butfinners to repentance : That is, inch as are fenfible of their fins ; and-men malt be firft fenfible, before the offer of grace, mercy, and free-remiffion be made unto them. I befeech you turn- unto the place where the Scripture lies : 'tis in the 9. Chapter of Matthewat the, latter end of the 13. verfe I am not come to call the righteous , but fn., nets to repentance. This,(fay I) is not to be underflood of finnersonly Senfible oftheir own fins, but finners indeed. Chriff came to call finners indeed, yea, before they arefen, fible oftheir fins. For the word (Sinner) here, mull be underflood, as theword finner before is, in the c. and ff. verfe, /45 'clue fate at meat in the houfe, behold, many Publi- cans and finnerscame andfatedown with him, andwith his Dif- ciples. When the Pharifeesfaw it, theyfaid unto his DiJciples, why eateth your Mailer with Publicans and finners He did 'eat with thofe that were nor fenfible of their fins Sinners there, are not to be meant of thofe only that were fenfible of their fins ; Chrift-did not only eat with thofe that were fenfible of theinfins. Now he gives this account of it, I came not to call the righteous, but fingers to repentance,: That is, finners, fuch as he names before, filch as hedid eat withal; and,they. were not only fuch as were fenfible of their fins. Again, Our Saviour Chrift gives this account, at the 12. Ve,rie, The whole neednot the rhyfitian, but thofe that are f ick To anfwer to this ObjeCtion, That our Saviour did eat with finners, and convene with finners. Sales he, I an aPhyfitian ; and Phyfitians, are to go to thole thatare lick only. There is this difference between me a Phyfitian, andother Phyfitians : for I come unfent for; but other Phyfitianscome when fent for. Las a Phylitiancome.to Cal my Patients : but other Phyfitians are Called in by their Patients. Now (faies he) I am a Phyfitian, and I come not to call the righteous, but finners, I come to Call my Patients.-
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