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EASTER DAY is the First Sunday after the Full Moon, which in some cases happens upon, in others next after, the Twentieth Day of March, according to the time it would occur in Judea (a); and if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after.

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Trinity Sunday

Eight Weeks.

Advent Sunday is the next Sunday after the 26th of November.

(a) For instance, if the Full Moon happens here so early in the Day of the 20th of March, that it must have happened at Jerusalem before the 19th expired, Easter Day is not until the Sunday after the following Moon.

A TABLE, pointing out the GOLDEN NUMBER, the SUNDAY LETTER, and EASTER DAY, from 1813 to 1861.

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inclusive, according to the foregoing Calendar.

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THIS Table contains so much of the Calendar as is necessary for the determining of Easter; to find which, look for the Golden Number of the year in the first column of the Table, against which stands the day of the Paschal Full Moon; then look in the third column for the Sunday-Letter, next after the day of the Full Moon, and the Day of the Month standing against that Sunday-Letter is Easter Day. If the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, then (according to the first rule) the next Sunday after is Easter-Day.

To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add 1 to the year of our Lord, and then divide by 19; the remainder, if any, is the Golden Number; but if nothing remaineth, then 19 is the Golden Number.

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Another TABLE to find EASTER till the Year 1899 inclusive,

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1st. Prophecies in the Old Testament referred to.
2d. Prophecies in the New Testament referred to.
3d. Miracles and Observations thereon.

4th. Conduct and Works of the Apostles, and Observations

thereon.

5th. Christian Duties and Virtues, and Observations thereon.

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50. 52. 64.
That the desire of all nations should
come, that God would fill the temple
which was building in Haggai's time
with glory, and that in that place he
would give peace. (Hagg. ii. 7. 9.)
26. 64. 112. 189
That 70 weeks, (i. e. 490 years) were de-
termined upon the people, and upon
the holy city, to finish the transgres-
sion, and to make an end of sins, and to
bring in everlasting righteousness, and
to seal up the vision and prophecy, and
to anoint the most holy, that from the
going forth of the (a) commandment
to restore and to build Jerusalem unto
the Messiah the prince should be seven
weeks, and threescore and two weeks;
and that after threescore and two weeks
should Messiah be cut off, but not for
himself; and that the people of the
prince that should come should destroy
the city and the sanctuary. (Dan. ix.
24, 25, 26.)
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That the Jews should be carried captive

to Babylon, and that their captivity

should continue 70 years. (Jer. xxv,

8. 11. xxix. 10.)

369

That Cyrus should order Jerusalem to be
rebuilt, and the foundation of the tem-

ple to be relaid. (Is. xliv. 28.) 368
That there should be the voice of one
crying in the wilderness to prepare the
way of the Lord, to make strait in the

(a) The Decree in the 7th of Artaxerxes was (even to a month) 490 ordinary years before the cruci-
Axion. See Prid, Conn. Part 1. Book 5.; and see Chandler's Defence, No. 8. c. 2. s. 1. p. 132 to 150.

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desert a highway for our God; and
that the glory of the Lord should be
revealed. (Is. xl. 3. 5.) page 7. 34. 172

That God should send his messenger,

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who should prepare

him, that the Lord, whom they sought

should suddenly come to his temple,

even the messenger of the covenant,

in whom they delighted; and that he

should purify the sons of Levi, and

purge them as gold and silver. (Mal.

iii. 1. 3.)
7.32.62. 112.
That God should send Elijah the prophet
before the coming of the great and
dreadful day of the Lord, and that he
should turn the heart of the fathers to
the children, and the hearts of the chil-
dren to the fathers. (Mal. iv. 5, 6.)33.96.

That a virgin should conceive and bear a

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son. (Is. vii. 14.)
That the Lord had created a new thing
upon earth that a woman should com-
pass a man. (Jer. xxxi. 22.)
That a rod should come out of the stem
of Jesse, &c. that the spirit of the
Lord should be upon him, that he should
judge the poor with righteousness,
and with the breath of his lips should
slay the wicked, and that righteous-
ness should be the girdle of his loins,
and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
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That a child shonld be born that should
be called "the mighty God, &c. the
"Prince of Peace;" that of the in-
crease of his government and peace
there should be no end, upon the throne
of David, and upon his kingdom, to
order it, and to establish it with judg-
ment and with justice from henceforth
even for ever. (Is. ix. 6, 7.)
That God should raise unto David a
righteous branch, and a king should
reign and prosper, and should execute
judgment and justice on the earth.
(Jer. xxiii. 5.)

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that Peter should deny him
that his disciples should forsake him
IOI, III. 149

of his death 77. 141. 144 147. 163

of his resurrection

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151. 221
On the sufferings of the apostles and con-
59.73.136.143. 168
On the powers they possessed 135. 142.
146. 149. 151, 158. 195, 196. 205

On the gift of tongues

154. 157

On the conduct of the apostles in ad-

vancing God's glory, not their own 31

On the testimony they bore to the resur-

rection of Jesus Christ 130, 131. 151

On their expectations at the time called
"the coming," or "day of the Lord"
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On the conversion of St. Paul
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On his conduct 58. 198, 199. 202

On his opposition to the Jews, and de-
crying the law of Moses 192. 198. 200

5. Christian Duties and Virtues, and
Observations thereon.

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On Christian benevolence

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Against anger
Against retaliation

Against judging others

On trying our conduct by God's rules,
not by the conduct of others

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