portion, in what he distributes by way of spiritual gifts; in answer unto that expression, “All these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing unto every man severally as he will,” 1 Cor. 12:11. So Peter told Simon the magician, that he had no part in spiritual gifts, he was not partaker of the Holy Ghost, Acts 8:21. Wherefore to be “partaker of the Holy Ghost,” is to have a share in and benefit of his spiritual operations. But whereas the other things mentioned are also gifts or operations