LIII.

_Quare cum Publicanis manducat Magister vester?_ Matt. ix. 11.

Ergo istis socium se peccatoribus addit?

Ergo istis sacrum non negat ille latus?

Tu, Pharisaee, rogas, Jesus cur fecerit istud?

Nae dicam: Jesus, non Pharisaeus, erat.

_Wherefore eateth your Master with Publicans?_

Wherefore associates He with sinners vile?

Why hides He not His holy self the while?

Askest thou, Pharisee, how this can be?

Because 'tis Jesus, not a Pharisee. G.

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