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Matthew 6

1 Of alms. 3 Prayer, 14 Forgiving one another, 16 Fasting.19 He forbiddeth the careful seeking of worldly things, and willeth men to put their whole trust in him.
1.Take heed that ye give not your alms before men, to be seen of them, or else ye shall have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
2.*Therefore when thou givest thine alms, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blown before thee, as the ahypocrites do in the Synagogues and in the streets, to be praised of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their breward.
3.But when thou doest thine alms, let not thy cleft hand know what thy right hand doeth,
4.That thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father that seeth in secret, he will reward thee dopenly.
5.And when thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites: for they love to stand, and pray in the Synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, because they would be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
6.But when thou prayest, eenter into thy chamber: and when thou hast shut thy door, pray unto thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
7.Also when ye pray, ^fuse no vain repetitions as the heathen: for they think to be heard for their much babbling.
8.Be ye not like them therefore: for your gFather knoweth wereof ye have need, before ye ask of him.
9.After this hmanner therefore pray ye, *Our father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy iName.
10.Thy kkingdom come. Thy will be done even in earth, as it is in heaven.
11.Give us this day our daily bread.
12.And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
13.And lead us not into ltentation, but deliver us from *evil: for mthine is the kingdom, & the power, and the glory for ever, Amen.
14.*For if ye do forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15.But if ye do not forgive men their trespasses, no more will your Father forgive you your trespasses.
16.Moreover, when ye fast, look not sour as the hypocrites: for they ndisfigure their faces, that they might seem unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, that they have their reward.
17.But when thou fastest, oanoint thine head, and wash thy face,
18.That thou seem not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret, will reward thee openly.
19.¶ Lay not up treasures for your selves upon the earth, where the moth & canker corrupt, & where thieves dig through, & steal.
20.*But lay up treasures for your selves in heaven, where neither the moth nor canker corrupteth, and where thieves neither dig through, nor steal.
21.For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22.*The light of the body is the eye: if then thine eye be psingle, thy whole body shall be light.
23.But if thine eye be qwicked, then all thy body shalbe dark. Wherefore if the rlight that is in thee, be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24.*No man can serve two masters: for either he shall hate the one, and love the other, or else he shall lean to the one, and despise the other. Ye can not serve God and riches.
25.*Therefore I say unto you, be not scareful for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink: nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more worth then meat? and the body then raiment?
26.Behold the fowls of the heaven: for they sow not, neither reap, nor carry into the barns: yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better then they?
27.Which of you by taking care, is able to add one cubit unto his stature?
28.And why care ye for raiment? Learn, how the lilies of tthe field do grow: uthey labour not, neither spin:
29.Yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30.Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field which is to day, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not do much more unto you, ô ye of little faith?
31.Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or wherewith shall we be clothed?
32.(For after all these things xseek the Gentiles) for your heavenly Father knoweth, that ye have need of all these things.
33.But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his yrighteousness, and all these things shalbe ministered unto you.
34.Care not then for the morrow: for the morrow shall care for ^it zself: the day hath enough with his own grief.

Notes

2-*.
Rom. 12.8.
2-a.
Whose works proceed not of a right faith, but are done for vain glory.
2-b.
In that they are praised and commended of men.
3-c.
It is sufficient that God approve our works.
4-d.
In that day when all things shall be revealed.
6-e.
Withdraw yourself rather apart.
7-^.
Or babble not much.
7-f.
He commands us to beware of much babbling and superfluous repetitions.
8-g.
Who is not persuaded by eloquent speech, and long talk, as men are.
9-*.
Luk 11.2.
9-h.
Christ binds them not to the words, but to the sense & form of prayer.
9-i.
We must seek God’s glory first, and above all things.
10-k.
Reign thou over all, and let us render unto thee perfect obedience, as thine Angels do.
13-*.
Ch. 13.19.
13-l.
To be overcome thereby.
13-m.
This conclusion excludes man’s merits, and teaches us to ground our prayers only on God.
14-*.
Mar. 11.25, Eccles. 28.2.
16-n.
Make their faces to seem of another sort then they were want to do.
17-o.
Wereby is commanded to avoid all vain ostentation.
20-*.
Luk 12.33, 1 Tim 6.19.
22-*.
Luk. 11.34.
22-p.
If thine eye be disposed to liberality, Prov. 22.9.
23-q.
If thine affection be corrupt and given to covetousness, Deu. 15.9.
23-r.
If the concupiscence, and wicked affections overcome reason, we must not marvel though men be blinded, and be like unto beasts.
24-*.
Luk. 16.13.
25-*.
Ps. 55.22, Luk. 12.22, Phil. 4.6, 1 Tim. 6.8, 1 Pet. 5.7.
25-s.
Man’s travail nothing avails where God gives not increase.
28-t.
The goodness of God even towards the herbs of the field, faire passes all things that man can compass by his power and labour.
28-u.
The word signifies, they weary not themselves.
32-x.
With care and distrust.
33-y.
That is, to be regenerated, and amend, your lives.
34-^.
Or, his own things.
34-z.
God will provide for every day that shalbe necessary, though we do not increase the present grief by the carefulness how to live in time to come.