_Murmurabant Pharisaei, dicentes, Recipit peccatores, et comedit cum
illis._ Luc. xv. 2.
Ah male, quisquis is est, pereat, qui scilicet istis
Convivam, saevus, non sinit esse suum!
Istis cum Christus conviva adjungitur, istis
O non conviva est Christus, at ipse cibus.[72]
_The Pharisees murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth
with them._
Ah, let him perish in his harsh protests
Who sinners checks to be the Saviour's guests!
Sinners do entertain Christ as a guest:
They spread the table, but He is the feast. G. & B.