public applause. And certainly that private praying which is used by men in churches doth justly come under our Lord’s reproof. 2. Their next failing was as to their end: ‘Verily they do it to be seen of men.’ Object. But what fault was there in this? Doth not Christ himself direct us, in his Sermon, Mat. 5:16, ‘Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven’? And yet the Pharisees are here taxed for praying, fasting, and giving alms,