4r'Q BookiV. lt.oo~\ing unto 'jlefu~. Chap. 1. Se6.t. antitntof daye;, and tbty brought himntllr before him, and th<re WM triven him dominion Mark If.J9· andglory,anda Kingdom . 3. The Evangelill:s relat~ it ,Ht WM rewvtdup into heaven,__:_ bkc •4· 11 ' Hewa.< carritd up into he{'v;n.. 4· Th~ Eleven.wimefs it,For while theyb1held be w.u ta. A<ls 1. 9• k!n up, and a cloud rtetiv_ed h,m out of Jkt<r jigbt. 5. The h<>ly Angt!s fpeak it, For A8u.Io,u. while they look!d Jftdfajlly toward heavm, .u he went up, behold, 1\Vo men flood by rhtm in whiu app11rel; wluch al{o fatd, ye men of Galt/ee, why jland y<ga:r.ing "P into heaven- ? thu f ame. 'fefus whiCh u tak!n up. from you wtohcaven, jha!l come in lik§ .manner .uye haw foen him .$o into h<aven. 6. 1 he blelfed Ap<>ll:les tn thm feveral Ept!Hes, ratifie and Eph. ;. S, .:o· confirm tt, When he afcendtd ~<p on high, he led c~tptivity captive, andgave gifts unto 1 ~<1.3. •- mm,--he thatdefcended ts th• fame alfo thAt afcended up f11r abovt all heavens.~ Who i&gont into heaven, and i& on the right hand of God, Angds ~nd Amhoritie; and Powers being made fubjcCfumohim. ' 2, H<>w he afcended. Th~ man~erof ~is Afcenfion is difcovered in thefe particulars. Luke 14. !I• - .- - r. He afcended, bleffing hts ~poll:les, Whil< peblejfrd them, he w.u parted from them, and carried up imo heavm. lt ts fome comfort to ChriWsMinill:ers, that though the world hate them, Chrill: doth blefs them; yea he parted with them in a way of bleffing; As {acob leaving the world, b!eifed his fons; fo Chrill: leaving the world bleifed his Apoftles, and all the faithful Minill:m of Chrill:, unt<> the end of the w<>rld. Some add that in thefe Apoll:les, not onlyMiniftm, but all the Elect t<> the end of the world are bleifed : The Apofiles were then confidered as common perfons receiving this bleffing for all us, and fo thofe words uttered at the fame rime are ufually interMat.t8 &o. preted, Lo, I am with )'•u a/way even to the end of the world. This wasrhclafi thing rhat Chrifl did on earth, to /hew that by his death he had redeemed us from the curfe Eph. '· 3• of the Law, and that now going tO heaven h~ is able to ble[s llf with All fpiriwal blef– jings in heavenly places, A<lu. , 9 ; 2. He afcended vifibly in the view of the Apoll:les; While they beheld he WM tak!n up . he was not fuddenly fnatched fwm them, as Elijah was, nor fecretly and privily taken away, as Enoch was ; but iil the prefence of th~m all, borh his Apoftles and E>ifciples , he afcended up into Heaven ,; but ~hy n<>t in the view of all the Jews, that fo they might know that he was rtfen agam, and gone to Heaven? furely this was the meaning; God would rather that the main poinrs of faith flwuld be learned by hearing, than by f~eing ; however Cbrifi's o~n Difciples were taught the fame by fight , that they mr.ght_better.teach others whrchlhouldnot fee; yet the ordinall.orn. 10. , 4, ry means to come by fatth IS hearmg; How jhall they believe in him of whom they have 17, t8, not heard ?--- fo then , faith cometh by hearing ; and hearing by the wllj'd of G9 d. And as for the Jews (faith the Apoftle) have they not heard? yes vtri/y , their found Went into ~11 the eArth , and their words unto the tnd of the world. 3. He afcended principally by the mighty power ofhis God-head; thus never any af. cended up into Heaven but Jefus Chrifi; for though Enoch and Elij~h were aifumed in. to heaven, yet not by their ow11 power, nor by themfelves; it was God's power by >Kings'· ' '· which they afcended, and it was by the help and Minifiry of Angles, there appear– ed a charet of fire, nnd horfes offire; and Eli;ah went up by 11 Whir/e. wind into HeaMat. 14 }o. Mat. t6· ' 4· A8sr. u. .Pfal. 47· S• ven.• 4, He afcended in a cloud, While they beheld, he w.u tak!n up, anda cloud received him om ofthtir fight. Hereby he /hews that he is Lord <>fall the creatures; he had already trampled upon the earth, walked upon the fea, vanquifl1ed hell onhe.gra~e, and now the clouds received him, and the heavens are opened to make way for th" Kmg of glory t<> enter in. When Chrifl Jhall come again, it is faid that he fliall come in the clouds ofheaven with power ~tndgreat glory.-- Hereafter fha/1 ye f ee the Son •f »~an fitting ~t the right hand of powtr, and coming in theclo~tdsoJ heaven. Wluch \enfies that faymgof the Angel , 7hu fame {e(llf, which is takEn up fromy011 int? heaven, jhall fo come in lik! mAnner M ye have fom him go into heaven. He went up tn clouds, and he !hall come again in cloud!;_. . . 5. Hc afcenllcdinthe found of a trumpet_; not on earth, foundmg Hofanna, buttn Heaven, crying Hallelujah. So the Pfalm1ft~ God u tone up wtth a .fh."':• the L'!'d with the found of a trumpet. Cenatnly g:eat JOY was tn Heaven at C~rtfi s. afcend1.ng thither : the very Angels firuck up thctr Harpi , and welcomed htm thither wtth Hymns and Praifes. . · 6. He afcended in triumph, as aRoman Vi~or afcendcd to the Caprtol, or as Da· vid
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