![]() This duty, of giving alms to the poor, is mentioned by Christ before prayer to God it may be for this reason, because it was usual to give alms before prayer. ![]() In the great day of account, before angels and men, when all secret things shall be brought to light, and every good man have praise of God. This was the practice of the ancient religious Jews, to give their alms privately but the Scribes and Pharisees had brought that practice into disuse, and which our Lord labours to restore adding, for encouragement,īeholds all secret actions, and knows the secret springs of actions, Jannai seeing a certain man give Zuz (a piece of money) to a poor man publicly, said unto him, it would have been better, if thou hadst not have given him anything, than to have given him in this manner.'' ``Greater, (say they F18,) is he that gives alms ( rtob), in secret, than Moses our master.'' The Jews say many things in favour of doing alms privately. ``There were two chambers in the sanctuary, the one was ( Myavx tkvl), "the chamber of secrets", and the other the chamber of vessels: the chamber of secrets was that into which pious persons put ( yavxb), "in secret", and the poor children of good men were maintained out of it privately F17.'' The allusion seems to be to the secret chamber, where money was brought privately for the relief of the poor. May be done in secret, and be kept a secret.
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