X. The supreme Judge, by which all controversies of

religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers, doctrines of men, and private spirits, are to be examined, and in whose sentence we are
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for in them ye think ye have eternal life : and they are they which testify of me : Ver, 46. For had ye beheved Moses, ye would have believed me ; for he wrote of me.
f John V. 39. Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life : and they are they which testify of me.
" 1 Cor. xiv. 6. Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, wliat shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine ? Ver. 9. So likewise you, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be un stood, how shall it be known what js spoken ? for ye shall speak into the air. Ver. 1 1 . Therefore, if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall t>e unto him that speaketh a barba- rian ; and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian uato'me. Ver._12. Evtm so yo, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. Ver; 21. liut if all pro])hesy, and there come m one that believeth not, or one un- • •ivnedj he is convinced of all, he is
judged of all. Ver. 27. If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course ; and let one in- terpret. Ver. 28. But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church ; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
w Col. iii. 1 6. Let the werd of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
^ R.om. XV. 4. For whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written for our learning j that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have ho^e.