The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.

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Title: The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.
Author: Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675.
Publication: London :: Printed by W. R. for Robert Scot, Thomas Basset, Richard Chiswell,; 1684.
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VERS. XXVII.

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By two or at most by Three.

THE Apostle permits the use of an unknown Tongue, as you see; and I ask again of what Tongue? Let that be observed which he saith, vers. 22. Tongues are for a sign, not to them, who believe, but to them, who believe not. And unless you prove there were in the Church, such as believed not, which it implies, I would scarce∣ly believe he permitted the use of unknown Tongues, under any such notion; espe∣cially when he had said immediately before, Let all things be done to edification. But suppose, that which we suppose of the Hebrew Language, and the thing will suite well.

This our most holy Apostle saith of himself, Chap. IX. 20. To the Jews I became a Jew, that I might gain the Jews: which seems here to be done by him; but neither here, nor any where else, unless for edification, and that he might gain them. They would not be weaned from the old custom of the Synagogue, as to the use of the Hebrew Tongue in their worship; and for the present, he indulges them their fancy, and this not vainly, since by the use of that Tongue the hearers might be edified, a faithful interpreter standing by; which in other Languages could not be done any thing more, than if all were uttered in the Corinthian Language.

If any speak in a tongue, let it be by two, &c. Let one read the Scripture in the He∣brew Language, let another pray, let a third preach. For according to these kinds of divine worship, you will best divide the persons, that all may not do the same thing.