The cure of church-divisions, or, Directions for weak Christians to keep them from being…

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things who is the Head, Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together, and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body, to the edifying of it self in love.

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things who is the Head, Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joyned together, and compacted by that which every joynt supplyeth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body, to the edifying of it self in love.

1 Cor. 12. 3, 12, 13. No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost—As the Body is One, and hath many Members, and all the members of that One body, being many are One •ody, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit, we are all baptized into One body.—v. 22, 23. Nay much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble are necessary: And those members of the body which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour, and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. For our comely parts have no need; but God hath tempered the body together, h•ving given more abundant honour to that part that l••ked: that there should be no Schism in the body, […] that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all suffer with it, and if one be honoured, all rejoice—v. 15. If the foot say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the b•dy, is it therefore not of the body—(By all this you may see, that even the lowest, dishonoured, […] an• […] members, must not be denied to ⟨p. 61⟩be of the Church or body of Christ.)