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An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A. His Ascension after forty days into Heaven. Acts 1.2, 3. Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the Apostles, whom he had chosen, to whom also he showed himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
A. His Ascention after forty days into Heaven. Acts 1.2, 3. Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the Apostles, whom he had •hosen, to whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
Q. 8. Why did Christ stay so long on Earth?
Q. 8. VVhy did Christ stay so long on Earth?
A. To assure the truth of his Resurrection, and to settle the due Government of his Church. Acts 1.2, 3.