Fo oTo another, he faith, 15 given Fairn, By which cannot be un- * deftood rhat Fazrb which 1s common to all Chriſtians, for he is ſpeak- M ing of ſuch gitrs as were given ro ſome Chriſtians, not to all; he a muſt therefore mean, cither a Fait!> of Miracles, that is, a perſwa- o fon that God would work a Mirac'e1n this or that caſe, or a great | ls nels in the diſcharge of their Office. p To another :4e g:ft of HR: al. WE ing, of healing diſeaſes miraculouſly, withour the application of mn ordinary rational Medicines.
19 To another the working of miracles 9, to ano- me ther prophecy 7, to another dilcerning of ſpirits s, to "1: WW another * divers kinds of tongues #, to another the in- wit WA terpretation of tongues #.
c, 0 7 To another the working of Miracles of other forts, ſuch as Chuld theinfliting puniſhments on fioners, caſting out Devils,&c. r To N91 another Prophecy, which in the general fignifieth the Revelation of ply th the Will of God, whether by the forerclling future contingencies, thect « opening the Scriptures by preaching or teaching. 5 To another c el viſcerning of Spirits, A power wherein God, for the farther autho- t n0t nty'and credit of his Goſpel in the primitive Times,communicated bilitizt tolome men ſomething of his own Prerogative to diſcern mens in- \(ucb ward thoughts and hearts, and to make up a judgment of their phe be truth and lincerity, or contrariwiſe of their falſhood and hypocriſie. ot tis t To another divers kina's of Tongues, that 1s, a power 0 diſcourſe Thiie with men in their ſeveral Languages, as we read in A#s 2.8, u To lin a another the Interpretation of Tongues. Tis 1s made a diverſe gift [catioh, from an ability to ſpeak with divers Tongues, poſſibly ſome of thoſe - h - ipake with divers Tongues could not interpret what they and is Ud,
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knowledge in the matters of Fairh, or a great confidence and bold. ' or their power to work Miracles, would not own themtelves Mem- | bers of the Church at Corinth becauſe they were in thoſe low, and
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were, we have all drank of one Spuric, that is, been made partakers of one Spirit, whoſe benefits 2ce ſomerimes ſer out uuder the 19. .10n of water, /iviag water, Joh. g. tg. and 7, 38, 39. and fo in the Old Teſtament, 1fs. 12. 3. Ezeb. 47. But many athers rath:c chuſe to interpret drinking in this place, of arinen7 xt the Table of the Lord, partaking of that who! Aion beiag ſer our here by one particular aCt there performed. This 15s probaole, conſidering that the Apoſtle, in the former part oi the verſe, had b-en Teak: of the other Sacrament of the Goſpel, and that he ſpeaking * r! Lords Supper, Chap. 10. 17. had uſftd this expreſſion, Fo» we 52.1: many, are one bread ani one boay.
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a As the natural Body is Totum integrale, a Whole confilting of many members ; fo the Body ſpiricual, the myſtical 3o'!, of Chriſt is not made up of one ſingle Member, but of many Mem. bers,
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b It ſhould feem by theft expreſſions, that one great cauſe of choſe diviſions, which the Apoſtle had charged the Church of Co. rinth with, was their diftcrence in Gifts, Min:ſ?rations, and Orcy 3. tions ; Which was © that degree, that eicher thoſe who were high=r in Gifts and Miniſtrations, and more famous for their miracu'o!15 Operations, defpited and vilified thoſe that were inf=1ior to them ;
or theſe who were lower in Giits,or in their ſtations in che Church :
inferiour orders and degrees. The Apoltle argueth rhe vnreaſo14te. nfs of this, by a furcher comparing of thenarural with the fpiricual myſtical Body, the Church, and ſhewerh, it was altogether as un- reaſonable, for men to diſclaim tie Church, and their relation to ir, becauſe they had not themoſt eminent gifts, or werenot 1a the moſt eminent places and Offices; as tor the foor to ſay,It was not of the body, becauſeit was not the hand ; or for the ear to ſay, Ie was not of the body, becauſe it was not the eye
17 If che whole body were an eye, where were the hearing ? If the whole body were hearing, where cre the ſmelling ? c.