1   Folovv Charitie, earnestly pursue spiritual things: but09Q1136rather that you may prophecie.

2   For he that speaketh vvith tongue, speaketh09Q1137not to men, but to God: for no man heareth. But in spirit he speaketh mysteries.

3   For he that prophecieth, speaketh to men vnto edification, and exhortation, and consolation.

4   He that speaketh vvith tongues, edifieth him self: but he that prophecieth, edifieth the Church.

5   And I would haue you al to speake vvith tongues, but rather to prophecie. For greater is he that prophecieth, then he that speaketh vvith tongues: vnlesse perhaps he interpret, that the Church may take edification.

6   But novv brethren09Q1138if I come to you speaking vvith tongues: vvhat shal I profit you, vnlesse I speake to you either in reuelation, or in knovvledge, or in prophecie, or in doctrine?

7   Yet the things vvithout life that giue a sound, be it pipe or harpe, vnlesse they giue a distinction of so&ubar;des, hovv shal that be knovven which is piped, or which is harped?

8   For09Q1139if the trumpet giue an vncertaine voice, vvho shal prepare him self to battel?

9   So you also by a t&obar;gue vnlesse you vtter manifest speach, hovv shal that be knovven that is said? for you shal be speaking into the aire.

10   There are (for example) so many kindes of tongues in this vvorld, & none is vvithout voice.

11   If then I knovv not the vertue of the voice, I shal be to him to vvhom I speake, barbarous: and he that speaketh, barbarous to me.

12   So you also, because you be emulators of spirites: seeke to abound vnto the edifying of the Church.

13   And therfore he that speaketh vvith the tongue,09Q1140let him pray that he may interpret.

14   For if I pray vvith the tongue,09Q1141my spirit praieth, but my vnderstanding is vvithout fruite.

15   Vvhat is it then? I vvil pray in the spirit, I vvil pray also in the vnderstanding: I vvil sing in the spirit, I vvil sing also in the vnderstanding.

16   But if thou blesse in the spirit: he that supplieth the place ^{note note} of the vulgar hovv shal he say, Amen, vpon thy blessing? because he knovveth not vvhat thou saiest.

17   For thou in deede giuest thankes vvel: but the other is not edified.

18   I giue my God thankes, that I speake ^note vvith the tongue of you al.

19   But in the Church I vvil speake fiue vvordes vvith my vnderstanding that I may instruct

others also: rather then ten thousand vvordes in a tongue.

20   Brethren, be not made children in sense, but in malice be children: and in sense be perfect.

21   In the Lavv it is vvritten, That in other tongues and other lippes I vvil speake to this people: and neither so vvil they heare me, saieth our Lord. ^note

22   Therfore languages are for09Q1142a signe not to the faithful, but to infidels: but prophecies, not to infidels, but to the faithful.

23   If therfore the vvhole Church come together in one, and al speake with tongues, and there enter in vulgar persons or09Q1143infidels, vvil they not say that you be madde?

24   But if al prophecie, and there enter in any infidel or vulgar person, he is conuinced of al, he is iudged of al.

25   the secrets of his hart are made manifest, and so falling on his face he vvil adore God, pronouncing that God is in you in deede.

26   Vvhat is it then brethren? vvhen you come together, euery one of you hath09Q1144a psalme, hath a doctrine, hath a reuelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation: let al things be done to edification.

27   Vvhether a man speake with t&obar;gue, by tvvo, or at the most by three, and09Q1145in course, and let one interpret.

28   But if there be not an interpreter, let him hold his peace in the Church, and speake to him self and to God.

29   And let prophets speake tvvo or three, and let the rest iudge.

30   But if it be reuealed to an other sitting, let the first hold his peace.

31   For you may al prophecie one by one: that al may learne, and al may be exhorted,

32   and the spirites of prophets are subiect to prophets.

33   For God is not the God of dissension, but of peace: as also in all the Churches of the saincts I teache.

34   09Q1146Let ^note vvomen hold their peace in the Churches: for it is not permitted them to speake, but to be subiect, as also ^note the Law saith.

35   But if they learne any thing, let them aske their ovvne husbands at home. For it is a soule thing for a vvoman to speake in the Church.

36   Or did the vvord of God proceede from you? came it vnto you onely?

37   If any man seeme to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him knovv the things that I vvrite to you, that they are the c&obar;maundements of our Lord.

38   But if any man knovv not, he shal not be knovven.

39   Therfore, brethren, be earnest to prophecie: and to speake vvith tongues prohibit not.

40   But let al things be done honestly and according to order among you.

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