The suruey of popery vvherein the reader may cleerely behold, not onely the originall and daily incrementes of papistrie, with an euident confutation of the same; but also a succinct and profitable enarration of the state of Gods Church from Adam vntill Christs ascension, contained in the first and second part thereof: and throughout the third part poperie is turned vp-side downe.

CHAP. VII. Of Christes ascension and being in heauen.

CHrist hauing presented himselfe by many infallible tokens, after that hee had suffered his passion, conuersing visibly with his disciples by the space of fourtie daies (in which time he spoke of th••nges pertaining to the kingdome of God, & told them that they should be his witnesses in Hierusalem,* 1.1 & al Iu∣dea, & in Samaria, and vnto the vttermost part of the earth) he commanded them that they should not depart from Hierusalē, but shuld wait for the promise of the father; which things when he had spoken, hee was taken vp in a cloud out of their sight. While they looked stedfastly toward heauē, two men stood by them in white apparel, & said to them; ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing into heauen? this Iesus which is taken vp fro you into heuen, shal so come as ye haue seen him go into heuen. Then y^e disciples returned to Hierusalem frō the mount Oliuet which is neer to Hierusalē, being frō it a sabaoths dayes iorny,

which is about 2000. paces or two English miles.

While the Apostles (whose names are Peter, Iames the son of Zebedeus,* 1.2 Iohn, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartho∣lomew, Mathew, Iames the sonne of Alpheus, Symon Ze∣lotes, and Iudas Thaddeus,) expected the comming downe of the holy ghost at Hierusalem; there abode with them certain women, and Mary the mother of Iesus, and his brethren (that is his kinsfolkes.) For it was as well behooueable, to haue the wiues confirmed, as the husbandes; because they were af∣terward, to be partakers of the daungers with them. All which praied with one accord, not onely for the sending of the holy ghost, but also for deliuerance from present daungers, wherewith they were beset.

* 1.3Christ ascended vp into heauen, must there remaine vntill his second aduent, the day of doome general. And so he neither is, nor can be, in the round cake, as papistes impudently con∣tend.

After Christes ascension and comming of the holy Ghost, his apostles went abroad preaching the gospel to all nations: whose limites, actes, and death, the next chapter in particular maner shall describe.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Act. 1. ver. 1.2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & de in∣ceps.
• * 1.2

  Act. 1. v. 13.14
• * 1.3

  Act. 3. v. 21.