2. Private. Which is either of a particular person, of which Christ speaks, Mat. 6.17, 18. But thou when thou faste•, anoint thy head, wash thy face, that thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father in se ret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. And of this private fast, Anna is an instance, of whom it is said, Luke 2.37. That she served God in the temple with fastings and prayers night and day: And Daniel another, who tells us, in three whole weeks he was mourning, did eat no pleasant bread, neither came flesh and wine into my mouth, Dan. 10.2, 3. And Cornelius is another, Act. 10.30. And the occasion for private fasting is more peculiarly some private concerns, unless the person that fasts be a public person, and then a private personal fasting may be upon a public account as Daniels was.
2. Private. Which is either of a particular person, of which Christ speaks, Mat. 6.17, 18. But thou when thou faste•, anoint thy head, wash thy face, that thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father in se ret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. And of this private fast, Anna is an instance, of whom it is said, Luke 2.37. That she served God in the temple with fastings and prayers night and day: And Daniel another, who tells us, in three whole weeks he was mourning, did eat no pleasant bread, neither came flesh and wine into my mouth, Dan. 10.2, 3. And Cornelius is another, Act. 10.30. And the occasion for private fasting is more peculiarly some private concerns, unless the person that fasts be a publick person, and then a private personal fasting may be upon a publick account as Daniels was.