lest any should say, I had baptized into mine own name.

for Christ did not send me to baptize: but to preach the gospel: tho' not with the preaching of the wise, lest the cross of Christ should have been hinder'd in its efficacy.

according as it is written, "he that glorieth, should glory in the Lord."

if that man's work should be burnt, he will suffer loss: but should he himself escape, it will be as out of the fire.

as for me, it is a matter of no great concern that I should be called to account by you, or any human authority; not that I am my own judge;

Which would you chuse, that I should come to you arm'd with resentment? or, in a mild and benevolent temper?

purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new mass, since you should be without leaven. for Christ our paschal lamb has been sacrificed for us.

as to the married, I enjoin this rule, not as from my self, but from the Lord, that a woman should not leave her husband:

for it is written in the law of Moses, "thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn." are oxen the objects of divine care?

or is it said, no doubt, for our sakes? for our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he who plows should plow in hope; and that he who thresheth should expect the advantage.

if for your benefit we have sown spirituals, is it so extraordinary if we should reap some benefit from your temporals?

even so has the Lord ordained, that they who preach the gospel, should live by the gospel.

but I mortify my body, and bring it into subjection: lest after having been a herald to others, I my self should be thrown out.

you should not drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: you should not be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of demons.

when I say conscience, I don't mean your own, but that of the other: for why should I expose my liberty to the censure of another man's conscience?

if I am thankful for what I have, why should I chuse to be evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

for if we made such a discrimination, we should not be punished.

if the foot should say, "because I am not the hand, I am not of the body;" is it therefore not of the body?

and if the ear should say, "because I am not the eye, I am not of the body;" is it therefore not of the body?

that there might be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same mutual concern for one another.

For tho' I should speak with the eloquence of men, and of angels, and not have social affection, I should be like sounding brass, or a noisy cymbal.

and tho' I should have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and tho' I had all the faith necessary to remove mountains, and had no benevolence, it would signify nothing.

when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I reasoned as a child: but when I became a man, I laid aside my childish ways.

otherwise if you should give thanks by the spirit in an unknown tongue, the hearer cannot but appear unlearned upon this occasion; how then can he say Amen to thy thanksgiving? since he does not conceive what you say.

when therefore the whole church is assembled, and all speak different languages, if such as are either unlearned, or are unbelievers should come in, will they not say you are all mad?