E ASTER DAT 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. Septuagesima Nine Eight Seven Weeks before Easter. Six Five Weeks is after Easter. Seven Weeks (a) For instance, if the Full Moon happens here so early in the Day of the zoth 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. 9. 15. 15 April. 31 March. 19 April 10. II. 11 April. 12. 27 March 13 14 19. 15. 2. 16. 17. 19. I. 1813 1814. 1815 1816. 1817 1818. 1819. 1820. 1821. 1822. 1823. 1824 1825. 1826. 1827. 1828. 1829. 1830. 1831. 1832. 1833. 1834. 1835 1836. 1837 C. E. C. B. B. F. 18 April 10 April. 26 March. 14 April 6 April. 22 March. 11 April. 2 April. 22 April. 7 April. 30 March. 18 April 3 April. 26 March 15 April. 6 April. 19 April. 11 April. 3 April. 22 April. 7 April March. 19 April. 1838. 1839. 1840. 1841. 1842. 1843. 1844. 1845 1846. 1847 1848. 1849. 1850. 1851. 1852. 1853 1854 1855. 1856. 1857. 1838. 1859 1860. 1861. no s co G C. C. 2. 16 April. 7 April. 23 March 12 April 4 April . 23 April. 8 April. 31 March 20 April. u April. 27 March 16 April. 8 April 23 March. 13. 12 April 4 April. 24 April. B. 11. 30 8 April 3 April. 26 March. A. G. 19. 31 March inclusive, according to the foregoing Calendar. 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. XVI. XIII. X. D 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. XVIII. XV. XII. To find the Dominical or Sunday-Letter, according to the Calendar, until the year 1899 inclusive, add to the year of our Lord its o A fourth part, omitting fractions : divide the sum by 7; and if 1 G F there be no remainder, then A is the Sunday-Letter : But 3 E if any number remaineth, then the Letter standing against 4 D that number in the small annexed Table, is the Sunday 5C Letter. IX. 7 8 9 IO II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 G XVII. Note, That in all Bissextile or Leap-years, the Letter found, as above, will be the Sunday-Letter from the intercalated day exclusive, to the end of the year. Another TABLE to find EASTER till the Year 1899 inclusive, 11 TO make use of the preceding Table, find the Sunday - Letter for the year in the uppermost line, and the Golden Number, in the column of Golden Numbers, and against the Golden Number in the same line under the Sunday-Letter, you have the day of the month on which Easter falleth that year. But note, That the name of the month is set on the left hand, or just witk the figure, and followeth not as in other Tables by descent, but collateral. I. 17 11. April 9 3 III. Mar. 26 27 IV. April 16 17 V. April 2 3 VI. April 23 24 VII. April 9 10 VIII. April 2 3 IX 191 20 6 6 19 20 12 13 14 15 7 8 24 25 14 15 Mar. 31 April 1 21 22 8 Mar. 28 29 17 X. April 9 IO XI. Mar 26 27 XII. April 16 17 XUI. April 2 3 XIV. Mar 26 27 XV. April 16 IO XVI. April 2 3 XVII. April 23 24 XVill April 9 10 XIX. April 2 Mar. 27 April 16 30 19 20 6 13 18 11 28 18 4 28 II 4 18 II 28 22 7 8 31 25 14 15 7 8 24 25 14 15 31 April 1 21 22 7 8 31 April 1 1 ist. 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 5th. Christian Duties and Virtues, and Observations thereon. 1.Prophecies in the OldTestament referred to. THAT the seed of the woman should page 7 That in Abraham and in the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, should all the nations of the earth be blessed. (Gen. xii. 3.-xxii. 18.-xxvi. 4.- 7.63 not depart from Juda, nor a law giver 63 That God should raise up a prophet from among the children of Israel, like unto Moses, and would put his (God's) words into his mouth, and would call those to account who should not hearken thereto. (Deuter. xviii. 15. 18) That one of David's seed " should be to “ God a Son, and God should be to “ him a Father, and that God would “ settle him in his (God's) house and “ in his kingdom for ever, and that “ his throne should be established “ for evermore.” (1 Chron. xvii. 13, cxxxii. 11, 12.-ii. 7.) 357 That the children of Israel should seek the Lord their God, and David their king ; that God should set up a shep- herd over them, even his servant David; that David should be king over them, and should be their prince for ever. (Jer. XXX. 9.—Ez. xxxiv, 23, 24.- mon's time, so that by “ David" line.) page 356, 357 he come forth that was to be the ruler in Israel, whose goings forth had been from of old, from everlasting. (Mic. That the desire of all nations should come, that God would fill the temple 26. 64. 112. 189 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. That the Jews should be carried captive to Babylon, and that their captivity should continue 70 years. (Jer. xxv, 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 (a) The Decree in the 7th of Artaxerxes was (even to a month) 490 ordinary years before the cruci- Sujon. See Prid. Conn. Part 1. Book 3.; and see Chandler's Defence, No. 8. c. 2. S.I. p. 132 to 150. 4, 5, 6.) 106. 125 desert a highway for our God; and “ opened, and the ears of the deaf shall that the glory of the Lord should be “ be unstopped, then shall the lame revealed. (Is. xl. 3. 5.) page 7. 34. 172 man leap as an hart ; and the tongue That God should send his messenger, “ of the dumb sing,” &c. (Is. xxxv. who should prepare the way before page 32 him, that the Lord, whom they sought « I gave my back to the smiters, &c. should suddenly come to his temple, (Is. I. 6.) 95. 104. 121 even the messenger of the covenant, “ He is despised and rejected of men," in whom they delighted; and that he &c. (Is. liii. 3.) 106. 121. 187 should purify the sons of Levi, and “ He was wounded for our transgrespurge them as gold and silver. (Mal. “ sions, he was bruised for our iniquiiii. 1. 3.) 7:32. 62. 112. " ties: the chastisement of our peace That God should send Elijah the prophet was upon him, and with his stripes before the coming of the great and we are healed." (Is. liii. 5.) 106. 137 dreadful day of the Lord, and that he “ He made his grave with the wicked, and should turn the heart of the fathers to “ with the rich in his death." (Is. liii. the children, and the hearts of the chil. 9.) dren to the fathers. (Mal.iv. 5,6.)33.96. “ He was numbered with the transgresThat a virgin should conceive and bear a sors, and bare the sin of many, and son. (Is. vi. 14.) 47 " made intercession for the transgresThat the Lord had created a new thing “ sors." (Is. liii. 12.) III upon earth that a woman should com- “ They gave me gall to eat, and when pass a man. (Jer. xxxi. 22.) 48 “ I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar That a rod should come out of the stem “ to drink.” (Ps. Ixix. 22.) 96 of Jesse, &c. that the spirit of the “ All they that go by laugh me to scorn ; Lord should be upon him, that he should " they shoot out their lips, and shake judge the poor with righteousness, “ their heads, saying, " he trusted in and with the breath of his lips should “ God, that he would deliver him ; slay the wicked, and that righteous- “ let him deliver him, if he will have ness should be the girdle of his loins, 6 him."' (Ps. xxii. 7, 8.) 96 and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. “ They pierced my hands and my feet ; (Is. xi. 1, 2.4, 5.). 8. 223. 330 “ I may tell all my bones : they stand That a child shonld be born that should “ staring and looking upon me : they be called “the mighty God, &c. the “ part my garments among them, and “ Prince of Peace ;" that of the in. cast lots upon my vesture.” (Ps.xxii. crease of his government and peace there should be no end, upon the throne « They shall look on him whom they of David, and upon his kingdom, to “ pierced.” (Zech. xii. 10.) order it, and to establish it with judg- That not a bone of the paschal lamb, ment and with justice from henceforth (which was a type of the Messiah,) even for ever. (Is. ix. 6, 7.) should be broken. (Exod. xii. 46. That God should raise unto David a Numb. ix. 12.) 123 righteous branch, and a king should “ Awake, O sword, against my shepreign and prosper, and should execute 6 herd, and against the man that is my judgment and justice on the earth. " fellow, saith the Lord of Hosts : (Jer. xxiii. 5.) 7.222 “ smite the shepherd, and the sheep “ The spirit of the Lord is upon me; " shall be scattered; and it shall come " because the Lord hath anointed me “ to pass, that in all the land, saith the “ to preach good tidings unto the Lord, two parts thereof shall be cut “ meek, &c.” (Is. Ixi. 1.) “ off and die ; and I will bring the “ Shout, o daughter of Jerusalem ; be- " third part through the fire, and will “ hold thy king cometh unto thee ; he “ refine them as silver is refined, and “ is just and having salvation : lowly, “ will try them as gold is tried; they “ and riding upon an ass, and upon a « shall call on my name, and I will “ colt the foal of an ass; and he shall “ hear them; I will say, it is my speak peace unto the heathen." “ people, and they shall say, the Lord (Zech. ix. 9, 10) “ is my God." (Zech. xiii.7,8,9.) 101 “ Behold, your God will come with u Thou shalt not leave my soul in hell, vengeance, even God with a recom- “ neither shalt thou suffer thine holy pence, he will come and save you ; “ one to see corruption." (Ps.xvi. 11.) " then the eyes of the blind shall be 32 17, 18.) 95.123 123 32 27. 81. 86. 129 38. 92 III Prophecies, &c. referred to. - His dominion shall be from sea even to Enumeration of our Saviour's miracles * sea, and from the river even to the 144 “ ends of the earth.” (Zech, ix. 10.) Correspondence thereof with former pro page 357 page 32 * There was given him dominion and Nature and publicity thereof 78. 88, glory, and a kingdom, that all people, 89. 129. 144. 159. 181.210 " nations, and languages should serve Of the places where they were performed * him. His dominion is an everlasting 88. 175. 181. 192. 197 “ dominion, which shall not pass away, Absurdity and sin of imputing them to " and his kingdom that which shall the power of Satan “not be destroyed.” (Dan. vii. 14.) On the evidence they furnish 144. 159 4. Condu& and works of the Apostles, and 2. Prophecies in the New Testament Observations thereon. referred to. On the conduct and character of John By Jesus Christ, that he should be be- the Baptist 34 trayed. p. 100. 102, TIO On the conduct of Judas 93 that Peter should deny him On the ignorance of the apostles as to the that his disciples should forsake him nature of Christ's kingdom 77. 101, 111. 149 128. 133. 141. 147. 150 of his death 77. 141. 144 147. 163 On the desertion of Christ by the aposof his resurrection tles, and their subsequent profession 77. 95. 101. of his religion 103. 107. 141 36. 100. 103. 142. of the gift of the Holy Ghost 149. 150 147. 150. 152. 155. 156. 218 On the intrepidity of the apostles after the ascension of the sufferings his followers should 131. 195 undergo 111. 149. 153 167 of the powers they should possess On the extent to which they taught 151. 221 of the vengeance that should follow On the sufferings of the apostles and conafter his death verts 29. 40. 69. 59. 73. 136. 143. 168 On the powers they possessed 135. 142. of the time within which it should 146. 149. 151, 158. 195, 196. 205 On the gift of tongues occur 30. 40, 41 154. 157 of the discrimination there should be On the condu&t of the apostles in adbetween believers and the opposers vancing God's glory, not their own 31 of Christianity 70 On the testimony they bore to the resurOf the future success of Christianity. rection of Jesus Christ 130, 131.151 (Rev. xii. 7.) 206 On their expectations at the time called “ the coming,” or “ day of the Lord" 3. Miracles and Observations thereon. 68. 170. 454 Miracle of the loaves 88. 180. 223 59 the draught of fishes On his conduct 58. 198, 199. 202 turning water into wine 56 On his opposition to the Jews, and decalming the sea 62 crying the law of Moses 192. 198. 200 sending devils into a herd of swine 62 casting out a devil from the daughter 5. Christian Duties and Virtues, and 191 24. 75. 152. cleansing a leper 161. 163, 164. 166. 168. 205. 209 healing ten lepers 197, 198 55 healing a Centurion's servant 58 On the duty of forgiveness 215 restoring a blind man, Bartimæus, to Against anger 146. 179 sight Against retaliation 57. 74. 174. 179. healing a man of the palsy 209 209 healing a nobleman's son 213 Against judging others 171 raising to life the ruler's daughter 221 On trying our conduct by God's rules, a widow's son not by the conduct of others conferring the Holy Ghost 153, 171, 190 154, 157 On the duty of lowliness of mind 93 releasing Peter from prison 176, 177 Against ambition 110. 187. 207 104 116 : 176 84 57, 58 77, 78 200 |