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I have also O PUBLICAN here, as my skill hath served me, for thy encouragement, set before thee the Pharisee and the Publican in their colours, and shewed thee, that though the Publican seemed to be far behind, yet in running he got the prize from the lofty

Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658

Nor can he by Heathen Man, intend the person, and by the term Publican, the office or place of the heathen man; but by Publican is meant the renegade Jew, in such a place, &c. as is yet further manifest by that which follows.

Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658

The Samaritan was good and kind, though he got no credit for piety; the Pharisee was corrupt and self-seeking, though he got no credit for piety; the Publican was a child of God, though no one would speak to him.

Life and Conduct J. Cameron Lees

The Publican was the tax-gatherer, and as the tax-gatherers in those days were often hard men, and exacted more than was due to the

The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year 1879

The parable of the Pharisee and the Publican is a perpetual warning against spiritual pride.

The Poet at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

The parable of the Pharisee and the Publican is a perpetual warning against spiritual pride.

Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

Yea, why did not the Pharisee, if he was a heathen, lay that to his charge while he stood before God? but the truth is, he could not; for the Publican was a Jew as well as the Pharisee, and consequently might, had he been so disposed, have pleaded that before God.

Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658

The Pharisee therefore was not so good, but the Publican was as bad: Indeed, the Publican was a notorious wretch, one that had a way of transgressing by himself; one that could not be sufficiently condemned by the Jews, nor coupled with a viler than himself.

Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658

The Publican was a sinner out of the ordinary way of sinning; and the Pharisee was a man for righteousness in a singular way also.

Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658

Again, Christ by the parable of the lost sheep, doth plainly intimate, that the Publican was a Jew.

Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658