A   Laboure for loue, and couete spyrytuall gyftes: and moste chiefely for to prophecye. ^noteFor he that speaketh wyth tounges speaketh not vnto men, but vnto God, for no man heareth hym, howe be it in the spyryte he speaketh mysteryes. But he that prophecyeth, speaketh vnto men, to edifiynge, to exhortation and to comforte. He that speaketh wyth tounges profyteth hym selfe: he that prophecieth edifyeth the congregation. I woulde that ye all spake with tounges: but rather that ye prophecyed. For greater is he that prophecieth, then he that05Q1458 speaketh with tounges, excepte he expounde it also, that the congregacion maye haue edifiyng. ^noteNowe brethren yf I come vnto you speakinge with tounges, what shall I profite you, excepte I speake vnto you, other by reuelation or knowledge, or propheciynge, or doctryne.

B   &rhand; Moreouer when thynges wythout lyfe, geue sounde: whether it be a pipe or an harpe excepte they make a distincti&obar; in the soundes, howe shal it be knowen what is piped or harped? And also yf the trompe geue an vncertaine voice, who shall prepare him selfe to fyght? Euen so likewyse when ye speake with tounges, excepte ye speake wordes that haue signifycacion, howe shall it be vnderstande what is spoken? For ye shall but speake in the ayer.

C   Manye kindes of voices are in the worlde and none of them are wythout significacion. If I knowe not what the voice meaneth, I shalbe vnto hym that speaketh, an alient: and he that speaketh shall be alient vnto me Euen so ye (for as much as ye couete spiritual gyftes) seke that ye maye haue plentye vnto the edifiyng of the congregation.

Wherfore let him that speaketh with tounges praye, that he maye interprete also. If I praye wyth tounges, my spyryte prayeth: but my mynde is wythout fruite. What is it th&ebar;? I wyl praye with the spirite, and wyll praye with mynde also. I wil singe with the spyrite, and wil singe with the minde also.

D   &rhand; For els when thou blessest with the spirite howe shal he that occupieth the roume of the vnlearned saye amen at thy geuynge of thankes, saynge: he vnderstandeth not what thou sayeste? Thou verelye geueste thankes wel, but the other is not edifyed. I th&abar;ke my God, I speake with tounges more then ye all. Yet had I leuer in the congregation, to speake fyue wordes with my mynd to the information of other, rather then x. thousand wordes with the tounge.

&rhand; Brethren be not chyldren in wyt howebeit as concerninge maliciousnes be children: but in wyt be perfect. In the lawe it is written, wyth other ^note to&ubar;ges, and with other lippes wyl I speake vnto thys people, and yet for al that wil they not heare me, sayeth the Lorde. Wherfore, tounges are for a signe, not to them that beleue, but to them that beleue not. Contrarywyse propheciyng serueth not, for them that beleue not: but for them whiche beleue.

E   Yf therfore when all the congregation is come together, and all speake wyth tounges, there come in they that are vnlearned, or they whyche beleue not: wyll they not saye that ye are out of your wyttes? But and yf all prophecye, and there come in one that beleueth not, or one vnlearned, he is rebuked of al men, and is iudged of euerye man: and so are the secretes of hys herte opened, and so falleth he doune on hys face, and worshyppeth God, ∧ sayeth that God is wyth you in dede.

&rhand; Howe is it then brethren? When ye come together, euerye man hath his songe, hath his doctryne, hath his tounge, hath hys reuelation, hath hys interpretation. Let al thynges be done vnto edifiynge. If anye man speake wyth tounges, let it be two at ones, or at the moste thre at ones, and that by course: and let another interprete it. But yf there be no interpreter, let him kepe silence in the congregation, and let him speake to him selfe and to God.

F   Let the Prophetes speake two at ones, or thre at ones, and let other iudge. And yf anye reuelation be made to another that sitteth by, let the fyrste holde hys peace. For ye maye all prophecye, one by one that all maye learne, and all maye haue comforte. For the spirites of the Prophetes are in the power of þe; Prophetes. For God is not causer of strife, but of peace, as he is in all other congregations of the sainctes.

G    ^noteLet your wyues kepe silence in the congregations. ^noteFor it is not permitted vnto them to speake: but let them be vnder obedi&ebar;ce, as sayeth the lawe. If they wil learne anye thynge, let them axe theyr husbandes at home. For it is shame for women to speake in the congregation. Spronge the worde of God from you? Eyther came it vnto you onelye. ^noteYf anye m&abar; thinke hym selfe a Prophet, either spyrytuall. let him vnderstand, what thinges I write vnto you. For they are the commaundementes of the Lorde. But and yf anye man be ignoraunte, let him be ignoraunt. Wherfore brethren couete to prophecye, and forbyd not to speake wyth tounges. And let al thynges be done honestlye and iu ordre.

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