(§ 9.) AGAIN, with respect unto the Manner of their Communication they are called [Greek or Hebrew], Heb. 2. 4. Distributions, or Partitions of the Holy Ghost: Not whereof the Holy Ghost is the Subject, as though he were parted or divided, as the Socinians dream on this place; but whereof he is the Author, the Distributions which he makes. And they are thus called Divisions, Partitions, or Distributions, because they are of divers sorts and kinds, according as the Edification of the Church did require. And they were not at any time all of them given out unto any one Person, at least so, as that others should not be made Partakers of the same sort. From the same inexhaustible Treasure of Bounty, Grace and Power, these Gifts are variously distributed unto Men. And this Variety, as the Apostle proves, gives both Ornament and Advantage to the Church. If the whole Body were an Eye, where were the Hearing, &c. 1 Cor. 12. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. It is this [Greek or Hebrew], this various Distribution of Gifts, that makes the Church an Organical Body; and in this Composure, with the peculiar Uses of the Members of the Body, consists the Harmony, Beauty and Safety of the whole. Were there no more but One Gift, or Gifts of one sort, the whole Body would be but one Member: As where there is none, there is no animated Body but a dead Carcass.
(§ 9.) AGAIN, with respect unto the Manner of their Communication they are called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Heb. 2. 4. Distributions, or Partitions of the Holy Ghost: Not whereof the Holy Ghost is the Subject, as though he were parted or divided, as the Socinians dream on this place; but whereof he is the Author, the Distributions which he makes. And they are thus called Divisions, Partitions, or Distributions, because they are of divers sorts and kinds, according as the Edification of the Church did require. And they were not at any time all of them given out unto any one Person, at least so, as that others should not be made Partakers of the same sort. From the same inexhaustible Treasure of Bounty, Grace and Power, these Gifts are variously distributed unto Men. And this Variety, as the Apostle proves, gives both Ornament and Advantage to the Church. If the whole Body were an Eye, where were the Hearing, &c. 1 Cor. 12. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. It is this 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, this various Distribution of Gifts, that makes the Church an Organical Body; and in this Composure, with the peculiar Uses of the Members of the Body, consists the Harmony, Beauty and Safety of the whole. Were there no more but One Gift, or Gifts of one sort, the whole Body would be but one Member: As where there is none, there is no animated Body but a dead Carkass.
