The Epistle.
IN the former treatise, * 1.1 deare Theophi∣lus, wee haue spoken of all that Iesus beganne to do and teach, vntill the day in which hee was taken vp, after that hee through the holy Ghost had giuen commaundements vnto the Apostles, whom he had chosen, to whom also he shewed himselfe aliue after his passion (and that by many tokens) appearing vnto them fortie dayes, and speaking of the kingdome of God, and gathered them together, and com∣manded them that they should not depart front Hierusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, whereof (sayeth he) ye haue heard of me. For Iohn truely baptized with water, but yee shall be baptized with the holy Ghost after these few dayes. When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore againe the kingdome to Israel? And he sayd vnto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his owne power. But ye shall receiue power after the holy Ghost is come vpon you: and ye shall be witnesses vnto me, not onely in Hierusalem, but also in al Iurie, and in Sa∣maria, and euen vnto the worlds end. And when he had spo∣ken these things, while they beheld, he was taken vpon high, and a cloud recieued him vp out of their sight, And while they looked stedfastly vp toward heauen as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white apparell, which also sayd, Yee men of Galilee, Why stand ye gazing vp into heauen? This same Iesus which is taken vp from you into heauen, shall so come, euen as ye haue seene him goe into heauen.