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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sad_a and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v in_o countenance_n fast_v dry_v up_o the_o body_n and_o make_v man_n melancholic_a but_o eat_v make_v man_n sweet_a and_o pleasant_a therefore_o they_o that_o will_v persuade_v hard_a thing_n to_o other_o do_v not_o go_v to_o they_o fast_v but_o after_o dinner_n because_o than_o they_o be_v pleasant_a and_o merry_a now_o these_o hypocritical_a pharisees_n will_v put_v on_o a_o sad_a countenance_n that_o they_o may_v seemto_o have_v fast_v but_o christ_n warn_v they_o to_o lay_v aside_o all_o such_o disfigure_a whether_o by_o bend_v their_o brow_n hang_v down_o their_o eye_n or_o black_n their_o face_n and_o that_o they_o will_v show_v pleasant_a countenance_n which_o be_v a_o token_n of_o mirth_n the_o word_n use_v for_o disfigure_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o english_a they_o darken_v by_o affect_v severity_n paleness_n and_o grief_n in_o their_o countenance_n carnal_a man_n will_v give_v much_o bodily_a service_n to_o god_n yet_o will_v they_o not_o part_v with_o their_o sin_n so_o they_o may_v but_o retain_v their_o sin_n they_o will_v do_v any_o thing_n so_o that_o christ_n his_o meaning_n be_v not_o that_o on_o a_o fast_a day_n we_o shall_v carry_v ourselves_o as_o on_o a_o feast_a day_n esa_n 22.12_o 13._o neither_o mean_n he_o that_o in_o private_a fast_n we_o shall_v carry_v the_o matter_n so_o close_o that_o none_o of_o the_o family_n shall_v know_v it_o for_o that_o can_v hardly_o be_v but_o christ_n mean_v that_o when_o god_n call_v to_o fast_v we_o shall_v be_v far_o from_o seek_v praise_n of_o man_n herein_o as_o if_o we_o be_v not_o at_o all_o about_o such_o a_o business_n v._o 17._o but_o thou_o when_o thou_o fast_o anoint_v thy_o head_n and_o wash_v thy_o face_n that_o thou_o appear_v not_o unto_o man_n to_o fast_o but_o unto_o thy_o father_n which_o be_v in_o secret_a and_o thy_o father_n which_o see_v in_o secret_a shall_v reward_v 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