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A godly and learned exposition of Christs Sermon in the Mount
A godly and learned exposition of Christs Sermon in the Mount: preached in Cambridge by that reverend and judicious divine M. William Perkins. Published at the request of his executors by Th. Pierson preacher of Gods word. Whereunto is adjoined a twofold table: one, of special points here handled; the other, of choice places of Scripture here quotedA godly and learned exposition of Christs Sermon in the Mount: preached in Cambridge by that reuerend and iudicious diuine M. William Perkins. Published at the request of his exequutors by Th. Pierson preacher of Gods word. Whereunto is adioyned a twofold table: one, of speciall points here handled; the other, of choise places of Scripture here quoted
Cambridge : Printed by Thomas Brooke and Cantrell Legge, printers to the University of Cambridge, 1608Cambridge : Printed by Thomas Brooke and Cantrell Legge, printers to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge, 1608
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vers. 17. But when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face, 18. That thou seem not unto men to fast, but unto thy father which is in secret; & thy father which seeth in secret, will reward thee openly.
vers. 17. But when thou fastest, annoint thine head, and wash thy face, 18. That thou seeme not vnto men to fast, but vnto thy father which is in secret; & thy father which seeth in secret, wil reward thee opēly.
Christ the true doctor of his Church, having in the former v. sought to reform the exercise of fasting, from Pharisaical abuses, doth in these two verses seek to restore the same to his right use; not so much intending to command us to fast, as to bring us to the right manner of fasting.
Christ the true doctor of his Church, hauing in the former v. sought to reforme the exercise of fasting, from Pharisaicall abuses, doth in these two verses seeke to restore the same to his right vse; not so much intending to command vs to fast, as to bring vs to the right maner of fasting.
The exposition. When thou fastest, &c. It seemeth that Christ here speaketh especially of a private fast, for besides that he useth words of the singular number, Thou, Thine, &c. he enjoineth the concealing of it from others, which cannot be done in a public fast: and yet the main thing here enjoined, is the approbation of the heart unto God, which must be observed in all religious fasts, as well public as private. Anoint thine head, & wash thy face: Here Christ alludeth to the custom of the Jews, who to show their cheerfulness, used to anoint their heads with sweet ointments, and to wash their faces; as we may see by Naomi's command to a