...ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer. To this head belongs the precept, Matt. vi. 16 — 18. when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance;...their reward: but thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast. A public fast is that which is...

...said, the days will come, when the Bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast c. When ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad...their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face ; That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is...

...may give yourselves to fasting and prayer.' To this head belongs the precept, Matt. vi. 16 — 18. ' when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance...their reward : but thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face ; that thou appear not unto men to fast.' A public fast is that which...

...of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward f ." " Moreover, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites,...unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward g ." If, therefore, our best actions, our prayers, our fastings and our alms-givings,...

...the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain, Zech. vii. 5 — 7. Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites,...unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward, Matt. vi. 16. With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men, Eph. vi....

...1.5 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 16 their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18 That thou appear...

...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,...

...corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily 1 say unto you, they have their reward, 5. Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites,...faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily 1 say unto you, they have their reward, Iti. And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you,...

...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;...their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head and wash thy face, that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in...

...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...