Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Corinthians 12:17

17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole body were hearing, where were the smelling? .

There are several actions to be performed by the body of a man, either for the support and the upholding of it in life, or for the accommodation of it while it lives; Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling (which are the three actions here mentioned) are not indeed necessary for the upholding of life, but they are highly useful for a mans better being, and the accommodation of bodily life; therefore there is need of a variety of bodily members, Organs, or Instruments of Sight, as well as of Hearing, and Organs of Smelling, as well as Hearing; the wise God hath created no member of mans body in vain, each one hath its use in order to the being or well being of the body: So it is in the Church of God, as the Apostle, v. 26. argueth; but he goe[illegible: 1 letter]h yet further on, first in his comparison of the natural, and mystical Body.