single testimony of the Latin Interpreter, and rests upon it firmly.
14. Yap, for) referring to the twelfth verse. See of how much account it is to forgive our neighbour. Of the seven petitions, one alone, the fifth, has a certain condition or restriction, as we also ; the reason of this is, therefore, added in the present verse.
15. T« Kapatfrupara avrZ/v, their trespasses) The copies which omit these words, elegantly intimate that the sins of men against us, if compared with our sins against the Father, will vanish away. Some Latin writers omit also the words roT$ wSpuvoi;, men.
16. "Orav vqffrevriri, when ye fast) Fasting also ought to be of great account with us ; it is not a part of the ceremonial law. — apavtfyufft, they disfigure} By neglecting the daily attention to the person of washing and anointing. An exquisite oxymoron,
17. "AXs/^a/ — v/4/a/, anoint — wasJi) Both verbs are in the middle voice ; [the meaning therefore is] anoint and wash alone (solus unge et lava). It was customary for the Jews to be anointed on feast days.2
18. Tfi Harpl, to thy Father) sc. thou mayest be known.
19. " Ovoujivhere) i.e. on earth. This has a causative force,3 being equivalent to because there* — /3p£ff<£, corrosion) This word, in opposition to moth, expresses rust, and every evil quality by which anything can become useless. — xai xXecrroutr/, and thus steal.
21. Oriffavpos vpZ>v — Kapdia, v/j,u/vf your treasure — your heart) Others read drjgavpoc cw — xapBia, <rou, thy treasure — thy heart.6 The objects which are mentioned in ver. 22, 23 (consequentia)
1 i.e. a play upon these words, ctQavtgu being the privative transitive formed from tpetvu, to appear. — (I. B.)
2 The sense is, Abstain from all rather severe exercises. — V. g.
3 Aetiology. See Appendix.. — ED.
* Such is the principle of the life of not a few men, that they seem to exist in the world only for the purpose of amassing an abundance of earthly pos sessions. — V. g.
The particle 3s in ver. 20 indicates that both cannot at the same time stand together. — V. g. 5 Thus E. M.— (I. B.)
* &yiffetvpo; aw — xetfitot aw is the reading of Eabc Vulg. Memph. Theb.