Then in the hearing of all the people he said unto his disciples,
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Theophilus of Antioch
AD 184
For as He was sending them to teach the world, He rightly warns them not to imitate the pride of the Pharisees. Beware of the Scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, that is, to go forth into public, dressed in fine clothes, which was one of the sins remarked in the rich man.
Which is the way of those who court and hunt after agood reputation, or they do it for the sake of collecting money.
Because they not only do what is evil, but make a presence of prayer, so making virtue an excuse for their sin. They also impoverish widows whom they were bound to pity, by their presence driving them to great expenses.
