For by one Spirit, &c.— "For all of us, who are endued with the gifts and graces of one and the self-same Spirit, (1 Corinthians 12:11.) are thereby incorporated into one spiritual body, according to what was signified by our being baptized with water, and that without any preference of one to another, whether we be Jewish or Gentile believers, and whatever our civil station be in the world, whether that of masters, or servants, and bond-slaves: for we are all one in Christ Jesus, alike entitled to all the privileges and benefits of his church, as Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. (Galatians 3:28.) And we have all been nourished and refreshed by further participations of that one divine Spirit, who invigorates, strengthens, and comforts us, and causes us to be of one heart and soul in things pertaining to God, according to what is signified by our visible Communion with Christ, and with each other, as one body, in our drinking of the cup of blessing at the Lord's supper." See ch. 1 Corinthians 10:16.

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