them to be touched. God ſuffring Thomas his infidelity ro contri- | bute to the ſtrengthning of our Faith. i Not continually, but up- ! n occaſion as he pleaſed ; it was ſo long from his RefurreCtion ro bis Alcenfion : and the ſame ſpace in which God ſhewed himſelf. unto Moſes in Mount Sinai, So long alſo he was pleaſed to ſtay |; with them, that he might more abundantly teſtifie the cruth of his | humanity, and of his Reſurre&ion. & Either his Kingdom in | aven, the Church Triumphant. or his Kingdom on Earth, the | wurch Milirane. What future bliſs and happineis he was going to ax; And what means they ought to uſe towards the obtaining | 01 It, F 4 And {| / being afſembled together with them, com- —_ marded them that they m thould not depart from Jeruſa- lm, but wait for the 7 promite of the Father ©, which, |
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iÞy his order, or Converſing frequently with them, as thoſe thar Table together. »» Otherwiſe the Apoſtles would have ab- Td Feruſalem, as reeking afreſh in the blood of our Lord : and tiere Chriſt choſ- to pour out his Spirit, that he might ſhew forth G glory in the ſame place where he ſuffered Ighominy. There | - would have his Apoſtles to abide, that they might ben.gher 0 Mount Oliver, from whence he was to Aſcend ; as allo that both
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Death; Rceſurre&ion and Aſcenſion, which we ſha!! reſtifie to all the "——_—— World by your Prezching, and holy livipg, working miracles, © : a Places where your teſtimony ſhall be moſt oppoſed. Theſe words are both a command, to tell the Apoſtles what thizy ought to do, and a prediction of what they ſhould be enabled to do. 9g And þ when he had ſpoken thei things c, while they beheld, he was 4 taken up, and a e cloud received him out of their ſight. | b Mark 16. 19. Lnke: 24. 51. As {ie did not aQtually give up his life til] all was fulitlled, fo he did not leave the World till as was
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Mar. 13.36. # The two Angels ( in the form of men ) before mentioned : Luk. 1. 27, & That is, the Apoſtles who were of that Country. / T hey are | Thef, 1.16, rouz'd our of their extaſie they were in, at that glorious ſight ; ro > Ther 1, Iearn what was ſo much to their and our advantage, #2 1. Vilibly. 10 2 In aclond. 3. By his own Power, 4. With the like Majeſty. Rev. 1. => 5. With the ſame Soul and Body.
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PT ; Which alfo ſaid k, Yemen of Galilee, why / ſtand ye gazing up into heaven ? This ſame Jeſus which is taken up from you into heaven, * ſhall 2 ſo come, in like manner
12 Then returned they unto Jeruſilem, from the mount colled » Oliver, which is from Jeruſalem a o ſabbath-days Journey. ;
» Which B:thany was a part of, as firuat2 towards the byttom of it, remorer from Jeruſalem. Hence Luke 23. 59. Citters not from this place ; from bence the rather our Lord Aſcenued that he might rC- ceive his glory, nich the plac? where he began his ſuffering ; (in the garden where h- endure 4s agony, and was betrayed ) and 1n the view of Jcruſa:m, where he hid been condemned and {corn'd.. s About a mile or two, or ſuch a ſpac2 ; as by Gods appointment was betwixt the Ark and the people. Jeſb. 3. 4. | -
13 And when they were p come in, they went up 1nto an q upper room, wheie abade both * Perer r, and James,
'and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew; James the ſon of Alpheus, and Simon Ze-
lotes, and Judas the aber of James
p To the City, and to the Houſe : q The fame probably where they had k-pr the Paſſover, and partook of the Lords Supper : howſoever for its Jargenels, capable to receive ſo many. r.As Elder, and firſt called to the Apoltle-ſhip, is generally firſt named and here eſpecially his name firſt ; and their names are repeated, to ſhew, that though they fal in forſaking of Chriſt, they did rife again in profefling of him ; and that notwithſtanding their Apo- ſtacy, they were continued after their recovery - in their fornier Office and Dignity. :
14 * Theſe all continued s with one accord tn prayer and
ſupplication, with the £ women, and Mary the mother of
Jeſus, and with his brethren «.
s With great reſolution, notwithſtanding all oppoſition and contradidtion they met with : Prayer and Supplications for mercies they wanted, or preventing of the evilsthey feared. £ Their Wives, or ſuch women hoebally, as we read of Mar. 27. 55, 56+ « That is, his Relations and Kin{women which frequently 1n Scriptare are called Brethren.
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15 © And in thoſe days x Peter ſtood up y in the midſt of the diſciples, and ſaid, ( the number of names to-