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First, as touching y• unknown and strange tong that hath ben used in the Mass, S. Pauls counsel and commandment, is in general, that what so ever is done, or said, in the congregation should so be done and said, that the hearers may have comfort thereby, & yield thanks unto God, and say Amen. But the same saint Paul saith, if thou make thy prayer in y• congregation with thy spirit, or noise of a strange words, how shall the unlearned man thereunto say Amen? For he knoweth not what thou sayest. For not withstā dig thy prayer, perhaps be good, pet hath the other no comfort or profit by it. And therefore (he saith)▪ farther, I had lever utter five ⟨image 136⟩words in the congregation with understanding of my meaning, so that the rest may have instruction thereby, then ten thousand words in a strange & known tong.

First, as touching y• vnknow•n and straung tong yt hath ben vsed in the Masse, S. Paules counsel and commaundement, is in generall, that what so euer is done, or sayd, in the congregation shoulde so be done and sayd, that the hearets may haue confort thereby, & yelde thankes vnto God, and saye Amen. But the same saint Paul saith, if thou make thy prayer in y• congregation with thy spirite, or noyce of a straung wordes, howe shal the vnlearned man thereunto saye Amen? For he knoweth not what thou sayest. For not withstā dig thy praier, perhappes be good, pet hath the other no cōfort or profit by it. And therefore (he saith)▪ farther, I had leuer vtter fyue ⟨image 136⟩words in the congregation wyth vnderstanding of my meaning, so that the reast may haue instructiō therby, then ten thousand wordes in a straunge & knowen tong.