...thus : — " Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but chiefly that ye may prophesy. For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue, speaketh not unto men, but unto God. But he that prophesieth, speaketh unto men, to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. He that speaketh...

...however, as it was the most striking and remarkable, and pro"lably the most rare, was most highly 2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue, • speaketh not unto men, but unto God : for * no man * understandeth him ; a Acte 10.46. 6 Acu 22.9. > luarelh. howbeit in the spirit he...

...by any possibility understand ? Must we not rather say, with the great apostle to the Gentiles: 6 " He that speaketh in an unknown tongue, speaketh not...with him, that " if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, no one can prepare himself for the battle 1" Is it not lawful to argue as he does, and say :...

...church, which neither patriarch, prophet, apostle, or martyr, could by any possibility understand? Must we not rather say, with the great apostle to...unknown tongue, speaketh not unto men, but unto God 1" 1 Cor. 14 : 2. May we not, must we not, insist with him, that " if the trumpet give an uncertain sound,...

...preferred: HoMIL. Ver. 1. And desire spiritual gifts ; but rather that ye may XXX V . prophesy. Ver. 2. For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue, speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man undersfandeth him ; liowbeit in the Spirit he speaketli mysteries. Ver. 3. But he that prophesieth,...

...kind of inspiration, to expound the purport of the Old Testament prophecies, 1 Cor. 14. 2-5 : " For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue, speaketh not unto men, but unto God : for no man understandeth him ; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. But he that prophesieth...

...or in reference to him. It is a similar mode of expression to that employed by Paul, 1 Cor. 14. 2, ' He that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men but unto God ;' ie not directly to God, but so that God understands him, God takes cognizance of what he says. 2...

...meaning of that spiritual which the Apostle hath set down here, ver. 2, "For he that ' '•' J'ce'-' speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God ; for no man understandeth him, bowbeit in the 127 Spirit he speaketh -mysteries." And again, ver....

...pray thee, to thy servants in the Srrian language; for we understand it." And 1 Cor. xir. 2. — "For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God : for no man tmderstandeth him." Now mark, in each of these places, the same word (aieotw) as ii used...

...thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand [Greek, hear] it.'" 1 Cor. 14:2. " For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue, speaketh not unto men, but unto God ; for no man understandeth [Greek, heareth] him." So in the passage before us, the men heard not, that...