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❧The first Chapter.

¶7 The wordes of Christe and his Angels, to the Apostles. 9 His assention. 14 Wherin the Apostles are occupyed, tyll the holy ghost be sent. 26 And of the election of Matthias.

* 1.11 IN y^e former trea∣tise [unspec A] O Theophi∣lus, we haue spokē of all that Iesus began to do and teache,

2 Vntyll the day in which he was takē vp, after that he through the holy ghost, had geuen commaundementes vnto the Apostles, whom he had chosen,

3 To whom also he * 1.2 shewed hym selfe alyue after his passion, and that by ma∣nye tokens, appearyng vnto them four∣tie dayes, and speaking of the kingdome of God,

4 And gatheryng them together, * 1.3 com∣maunded them that they shoulde not depart from Hierusalem, but wayte for the promise of the father, * 1.4 wherof [saith he] ye haue hearde of me.

5 For * 1.5 Iohn truely baptized with wa∣ter, but ye shalbe baptized with the holy ghost, after these fewe dayes.

6 When they therfore were come toge∣ther, they asked of hym, saying: Lorde, wylt thou at this tyme restore agayne the kyngdome to Israel?

7 And he sayde vnto them: * 1.6 It is not for you to knowe the tymes, or the sea∣sons, which the father hath put in his owne power.

8 But * 1.7 ye shall receaue power, after that the holy ghost is come vpon you: And * 1.8 ye shalbe witnesses vnto me, both in Hierusalem, and in al Iurie, & in Sa∣marie, and euen vnto the worldes ende.

9 And when he had spoken these thyn∣ges, [unspec B] whyle they behelde, * 1.9 he was taken vp an hye, and a cloude receaued hym vp out of their syght.

10 And while they loked stedfastly vp to∣warde heauē, as he went, beholde, two men stoode by them in whyte apparell,

11 Which also sayde: Ye men of Galilee, why stande ye gasyng vp into heauen? This same Iesus, which is taken vp from you into heauen, * 1.10 shall so come, euen as ye haue seene hym go into heauen.☜

12 Then returned they vnto Hierusalem, from the mount that is called Oliuete, which is from Hierusalem a Sabboth dayes iourney.

13 And when they were come in, they went vp into a parlour, where abode both * 1.11 Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and Andrewe, Philip and Thomas, Barthelmewe and Matthewe, Iames the sonne of Alpheus, & Simō Zelotes, and Iudas the brother of Iames.

14 These all continued with one accorde in prayer and supplication with the wo∣men, and Marie the mother of Iesus, and with his brethren.

[unspec C] 15 ☞And in those dayes, Peter stoode vp in the middes of the disciples, and said (The number of (a) 1.12 names together, were about an hundred and twentie)

16 Ye men and brethren, this scripture must needes haue ben fulfylled, which the holy ghost by the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas, * 1.13 which was guide to them that toke Iesus:

17 * 1.14For he was numbred with vs, & had obteyned felowship in this ministerie.

18 And the same hath nowe purchased a fielde, with the rewarde of (b) 1.15 iniquitie: And when he was * hanged, he burst a sunder in the middes, & all his bowels gusshed out.

19 And it is knowen vnto all the dwel∣lers at Hierusalem, in so much that the same fielde is called in their mother tongue, Aceldema, that is to saye, the blood fielde.

20 For it is written in y^e booke of psalmes: * 1.16 Let his habitation be desert, and no man be dwellyng therein: * 1.17 And his bishopricke let another take. [unspec D]

21 Wherfore, of these men which haue companyed with vs, all the tyme that the Lorde Iesus went in and out (c) 1.18 a∣mong vs,

22 Begynnyng from the baptisme of Iohn, vnto that same day that he was takē vp from vs, must one be ordeyned, to be a witnesse with vs of his resurrec∣tion.

23 And they appoynted two, Ioseph which is called Barsabas, whose sir∣name was Iustus, and Matthias.

24 And they prayed, saying: Thou Lord which * 1.19 knowest the heartes of all men, shewe whether of these two thou haste chosen,

25 That he may take the rowme of this ministerie and Apostleship, from which Iudas by transgression fell, that he myght go to his owne place.

26 And they gaue foorth their (d) 1.20 lottes, & the lot fell vpon Matthias, and he was counted with the eleuen Apostles.☜

Notes

• * 1.1

  ☞
• * 1.2

  Iohn xx a. and xxi. c.
• * 1.3

  Lu. xxiiii. g
• * 1.4

  Iohn. iiii. d. xv. d. xvi. b.
• * 1.5

  Iohn. i. ••.
• * 1.6

  Math. ••4. c.
• * 1.7

  Lu. xxiii ••▪ Acte •• a.
• * 1.8

  Acte •• •• Iohn. xv ••
• * 1.9

  Mark. xvi. •• Lu•• xx••
• * 1.10

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 vii. d. Math 24. ••. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 xxv c. Mark. xiii. c Luk. xvii ••. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. xxi. c. Apoc. i. b.
• * 1.11

  Math. x. a. Mark. iii. c. Luk. vi. e.
• (a) 1.12

  That is, of men, for men are wont namely to be counted, when they are num∣bred.
• * 1.13

  Math. 26. b. Mar. xiiii. e. Luk. xxii. e. Math. x. a. Mark. i. c. Luk. iii. c.
• * 1.14

  Math. 26. b. Mar. xiiii. e. Luk. xxii. e. Math. x. a. Mark. i. c. Luk. iii. c.
• (b) 1.15

  It is cal∣led y^e rewarde or iniquitie, because the wicked Iew∣es gaue the rewarde, and the wicked Iudas recea∣ued y^e reward, to shedde the blood of christ that innocent lambe.
• * 1.16

  Psal. lxix. f.
• * 1.17

  Psal. ••ix. a.
• (c) 1.18

  That is to say, after the language of the He∣brewes, he had his con∣uersation, and lyued with vs
• * 1.19

  1 Par. 28. b. Psal. vii. c.
• (d) 1.20

  Lottes for chosing of officers, or de∣uidyng of in∣heritaunce, grounde, or goodes, are alowed of god, as appeareth in the holye scriptures: lottes stay strife sayth Solomō. But lottes of diui∣natiō to know supersticiously of thynges to come, are disa∣lowed of god, and vtterly forbidden.