I will have mercy] Hosea 6. 6. Chap. 12. 7. and not sacrifice] More, or rather then sacrifice, as it is expounded, Hosea 6:6. See the like phrase, Genesis 32:28. Proverbs 8:10. Luke 14:12. 1 Corinthians 1:17. Chap. 6. 19, 20. I am not come to call the righteous] Such as you Pharisees, who think your selves righteous, but such as the Publicans, who acknowledge themselves to be sinners. Or, I come not to convert such as are in an holy course already, but such as have not yet repented: And how shall I do that, if I converse not with them? Though they that are converted be infirm, yet they have not so much need of my help and presence, as those that yet are desperately sick in soul. but sinners to repentance] 1 Timothy 1:15.