M. Harding seemeth hereof to reason of this sort. S. Paul forbade the Corinthians to use the special miracle, and gift of God without profiting the Congregation. Ergo, Now having the Latin tongue without miracle, we may minister the ••ruice therein, although the Congregation have no Profit by it. This reason is strange, and holdeth as simply as the rest. Yet hath he given special advertisement in the Margin, that this place of S. Paul, serveth nothing to our purpose. If this note be so certain, and so authentical, as he would seem to make it, then were the Doctors both new and old, that took it otherwise, not well advised. For Lyra writing upon the same, saith thus:1 Si populus intelligat orationem Sacerdotis, meliùs reducitur in Deum, & devotiùs respondet, Amen. Ideò dicit Paulus, Situ Sacerdos benedixeris Spiritu, & populus non intelligat, quid proficit populus simplex, & non intelligens? Quapropter in Primitiva Ecclesia benedictiones, & coetera omnia fiebant in vulgari. If the people understand the prayer of the Priest, they are the better brought unto God, and with greater devotion they answer, Amen. Therefore S. Paul saith, If thou being a Priest Bliss with thy Spirit, and the people understand thee not, what profit then hath the people being simple, and not understanding thee? Therefore in the Primitive Church, both the Blessings, and all other things ⟨p. 194⟩were done in the vulgar tongue. The vulgar tongue, saith Lyra, was used in the primitive Church upon occasion of these words of S. Paul.2 In the Council of A•on, it is written thus: Psallentium in Ecclesia Domino mens concordare debet cum voce, ut impleatur illud Apostoli, Psallam spiritu, psallā & meant. The voice and mind of them that singe unto the Lord in the Church, must agree together. The reason thereof is taken out of this place of S. Paul: I will singe with my sprite, I will singe with my mind. 3Chrysostom saith, S. Paul driveth the whole tenor of this matter, unto the profit of the hearers. These be his words: Est autem quod Paulus dicit huiusmodi: Nisi dixero, quod percipi facilè, claréque à vobis possit, sed linguarum munere praedirum me esse tantùm ostendam, nullum ex his, quae non intelligetis, fructum facientes, abibitis. Nam quae utilitas esse possit ex voce non intellecta? S. Pauls saying standeth thus:
M. Hardinge séemeth hereof to reason of this sorte. S. Paule forbade the Corinthians to vse the special miracle, and gifte of God without profitinge the Congregation. Ergo, Nowe hauinge the Latine tongue without miracle, we maye minister the ••ruice therein, although the Congregation haue no Profite by it. This reason is straunge, and holdeth as simply as the reaste. Yet hath he geuen special aduertisement in the Margin, that this place of S. Paule, serueth nothinge to our purpose. If this note be so certaine, and so authentical, as he woulde séeme to make it, then were the Doctours bothe newe and olde, that tooke it otherwise, not wel aduised. For Lyra writinge vpon the same, saith thus:1 Si populus intelligat orationem Sacerdotis, meliùs reducitur in Deum, & deuotiùs respondet, Amen. Ideò dicit Paulus, Si tu Sacerdos benedixeris Spiritu, & populus non intelligat, quid proficit populus simplex, & non intelligens? Quapropter in Primitiua Ecclesia benedictiones, & coetera omnia fiebant in vulgari. If the people vnderstande the praier of the Priest, they are the better brought vnto God, and with greater deuotion they answeare, Amen. Therfore S. Paule saith, If thou being a Priest Blisse with thy Spirite, and the people vnderstande thee not, what profit then hath the people being simple, and not vnderstanding thee? Therefore in the Primitiue Churche, bothe the Blissinges, and al other thinges ⟨p. 194⟩were done in the vulgare tongue. The vulgare tongue, saith Lyra, was vsed in the primitiue Church vpon occasion of these woordes of S. Paule.2 In ye Councel of A•on, it is writen thus: Psallentium in Ecclesia Domino mens concordare debet cum voce, vt impleatur illud Apostoli, Psallam spiritu, psallā & mente. The voice and minde of them that singe vnto the Lorde in the Churche, muste agree togeather. The reason thereof is taken out of this place of S. Paule: I wil singe with my sprite, I wil singe with my minde. 3Chrysostome saithe, S. Paule driueth the whole tenoure of this mater, vnto the profite of the hearers. These be his woordes: Est autem quod Paulus dicit huiusmodi: Nisi dixero, quod percipi facilè, claréque à vobis possit, sed linguarum munere praedirum me esse tantùm ostendam, nullum ex his, quae non intelligetis, fructum facientes, abibitis. Nam quae vtilitas esse possit ex voce non intellecta? S. Paules sayinge standeth thus:
- 1Lyra in 1. Cor. 14.
- 2Concil. Aquisgran. Ca. 132.
- 3Chrysost. in. 1. Cor. hom. 35.
