to be seen of men] They do works indeed sometimes that are morally good; but they do them out of vain-glory, chap. 6. 5. they make broad] Broader then other mens. So ambitious are hypocrites in all things, Numbers 15:38. Deuteronomy 22:12. their phylacteries] Threeds or ribbands of blue silk, or some other materiall, on the fringe in the borders of their garments; the beholding whereof, made them to remember the laws and ordinances of God, and therefore were they called phylacteries, or, means to keep, to wit, in memory. This was done out of pride and hypocrisie, not out of obedience to Gods law, Numbers 15:38. Deuteronomy 6:8. Others conceive the phylacteries were pieces of parchment, with the commandments written on them, or the sum of the two tables, and worn on their foreheads and arms, and were distinct things from the fringes on the borders of their garments.