saints and sinners Quotes

““The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. ‘They won’t let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.’ ‘What are you complaining about?’ said God. ‘They won’t let Me in either.””

“The carnal sinners are condemn’d, in whom Reason by lust is sway’d.”

“It was strange to see that the good shrank not from the wicked, nor were the sinners abashed by the saints.”