...us, — reflect we on the comprehensive direction here given by our Lord. ' When ye fast, lie nut, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance : for they...unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, they have •their reward.' " p. 3-19. After some additional observations, he proceeds, I. to consider the nature,...

...tr spasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you : but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses....hypocrites, of a sad countenance : for they disfigure 5 their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward....

...knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus ma'íe and baptized more disciples than John, iv. 1. b Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites,...they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto mentó fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward, Matt. vi. 16. For John came neither eating...

...tr'-spasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you : but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses....as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance : for they disfiguretheir faces, thut they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their...

...external. Let men take care of the internal, and a sufficient care of the external will be the result. " When ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance;...unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head and wash thy face, that thou appear not...

...Heirs, through faith, of things divine ; And the kingdom they inherit, 154 AS UNTO GOD, NOT UNTO MAN. "Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites,...that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say nnto yoa they have their reward.'' —Matthew, vi. 16. WHEN thou a fast wouldst keep, Make not its...

...modern saints.— What a contrast!—An affected sternness of manner*—a brutality of behaviour—a * Moreover when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of...faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily 1 say uato you, they have their reward. But fInm when thou fastest) anoint thy head and wash thy face,...

...reputation of superior sanctity. " More'-«-," said he, " when ye fast, be not as the Jtypocrites, of a sad countenance, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast," &c. A sad countenance here signifies that austere, mortified look, which devotees affect, who place...

...temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your...unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But thou when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face ; that thou appear not...

...to thy Father which is in secret ; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites,...unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face ; that thou appear...