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The principal heads of this Dissertation

A definition of the ascension

The ascension is ascribed to the person of Christ, properly

according to the human nature only; but figurative-
ly according to the Divine nature also

Observations on the time of the ascension

I.

II. III.

IV.VII.

XVI.

XVII.

Why our Lord was pleased to ascend from mount Olivet
He ascended to the third heaven
Which is not God, nor every where, but a determinate

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XVIII.

ΧΙΧ.

XX.

place in the highest regions
Where the Lord Jesus, in respect to his body, is contained
The ascension, therefore, is not the disappearing or the
glorification of the body of Christ; but a local motion
Why Christ is said sometimes to have been received up
by the Father, and sometimes to have himself ascended
The criticism of Budæus on the word Analepsis quoted xxx. xxIII.
The cloud which Christ made use of when he ascended,

is an evidence of his Divine majesty

The reality of Christ's ascension confirmed

It was necessary for Christ to ascend

1. That the prophecies might be accomplished

2. That the types might be fulfilled

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And graciously comforts them

These operations of the Spirit of grace are distinguished

from all others, by certain necessary marks

The Spirit of grace is never utterly lost

Our duties to the Holy Spirit

SECT.

XXXIX.

XL.

XLI.

XLII.

Christ and the Church are closely and indissolubly united,
and ought not to be disjoined in our meditations
The Greek words Συναγωγή, Εκκλησια, and Πανηγύρις, ΕΧΕ
plained

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I. II.

III.-V.

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None but the elect and true believers pertain to the spiri-
tual Church

XIII.

God has appointed stewards in the visible Church, who
cannot exclude from its fellowship any that make a ver-
bal profession of faith and repentance, which they do
not openly falsify by their conduct

Hence in the visible Church, the bad are mixed with the

XV.

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