as the hypocrites] See on v. 2. of a sad countenance] Sowre and sorrowfull, Luke 24:17. Isaiah 58:5. they disfigure their faces] They compose their countenance to such a rufull aspect, as clean alters the native fashion of it. that they may appear unto men to fast] Not that they might seem to fast when they did not; but that they might be known abroad to fast, when they did it in private. they have their reward] See on v. 2.