CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

2. As sanctifying grace is very differently given to believers, so those common gifts which are for service, Christ giveth them in much variety, Eph. 4. That all these gifts are the fruit of Christs death is plain, and therefore the Spirit of God is given by Christ to his Church upon his Ascension, Now 1 Cor. 12. The Apostle doth there excellently show, that though there be diversity of operations, yet there is still but one spirit, and the Scripture much delights in the similitude of a body, where there is diversity of members with their peculiar operations, and it's hard for believers to be content with these various Administrations: Every member would be an Eye, Though Christ died equally for all, yet he did not give gifts and offices alike to all; This variety of gifts is represented by the Kings Daughter, whose clothing was of needle work, and it should not tend to envy or division, but to mutual profiting and helping of one another.

2. As sanctifying grace is very differently given to beleevers, so those common gifts which are for service, Christ giveth them in much variety, Eph. 4. That all these gifts are the fruit of Christs death is plain, and therefore the Spirit of God is given by Christ to his Church upon his Ascension, Now 1 Cor. 12. The Apostle doth there excellently shew, that though there be diversity of operations, yet there is still but one spirit, and the Scripture much delights in the similitude of a body, where there is diversity of members with their peculiar operations, and it's hard for beleevers to be content with these various Administrations: Every member would be an Eye, Though Christ died equally for all, yet he did not give gifts and offices alike to all; This variety of gifts is represented by the Kings Daughter, whose cloathing was of needle work, and it should not tend to envy or division, but to mutuall profiting and helping of one another.