EASTER 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 Sunday is Eight Weeks before Easter. Seven Five Weeks Forty Days Seven Weeks after Easter. Eight Weeks (c) 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 folloving Moon. A TABLE, pointing out the GOLDEN NUMBER, the SUNDAY LETTER, and EASTER DAY, from 1813 to 1861. 9. 10. 15. II. 17 18. I 2. 13 14. 15 16. 17. 18. 19. F. 7 April. 30 March. 5. 1813 1814 1815. 1816. 1817. 1818. 1819. 1820. 1821. 1822. 1823. 1824 1825. 1826. 1827 1828. 1829. 7830. 1831. 1832. 1833 18341835 1836. 1837. 19. G. C. C. 18 April. 1838. 7. 15 April. 31 March. 19 April. 11 April. 27 March. 16 April 7 April. 23 March. 12 April. 4 April. 23 April. 8 April. 31 March 20 April. 11 April 27 March 16 April. 8 April. 23 March 12 April. 4. April. 24 April. 8 April. 31 March 2. 3• 3 April. 26 March 15 April. 9. IO 6 April. II. 5. E. B. B. F. 12. 7 8. 19 April . 11 April. 3 April. 22 April 7 April 30 March. 19 April. 3 April 26 March. 10. 11. 17. C. B. 12. 19. 13. 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. V. XIII. 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 OA fourth part, omitting fractions : divide the sum by 7; and if I G there be no remainder, then A is the Sunday-Letter : But 2F 3 if any number remaineth, then the Letter standing against 4 that number in the small annexed Table, is the Sunday SC 6B Letter, IX. IO II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 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, I. 17 17 10 17 IO Mar 26 27 18 19 1291 II 12 Mar. 28 29 18 19 5 20 13 30 20 6 30 13 6 23 13 14 15 8 24 25 14 15 Mar. 31 April 1 21 22 8 22 8 31 25 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 wick the figure, and followeth not as in other Tables by descent, but collateral. 14 17 XIII. April 2 3 XIV. Mar 26 27 XV. April 16 IO XVI. April 2 3 XVII. April 23 24 XVill April 9 IO XIX. April 2 Mar. 27 19 IT 1 2 28 29 15 7 8 24 25 14 IS 31 April 1 21 22 7 8 31 April 1 sMar. 30 20 13 30 1st. Prophecies in the Old Testament referred to. thereon. . 1.Prophecies in the Old Testament referred to. THAT the seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's head (Gen. iii. 15.) That in Abraham and in the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, should all the nations of the earth be blessed. That the sceptre (or tribeship) should not depart from Juda, nor a law giver from between his feet, until Shiloh should come: and that to him should the gathering of the people be. (Gen. 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 “ his throne should be established " for evermore.” (1 Chron. xvii. 13, cxxxi. 11, 12.-1.7.) 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:- must have been meant some one of his That out of Bethlehem Ephratah should he come forth that was to be the ruler in Israel, whose going 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 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 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 crying in the wilderness to prepare the (a) The Decree in the 7th of Artaxerxes was (even to a month) 490 ordinary years before the cruci- 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 him, that the Lord, whom they sought " I I gave my back to the smiters, &c. should suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, “ He is despised and rejected of men," 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 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. lüi. the children, and the hearts of the chil. dren to the fathers. (Mal.iv. 5,6.)33.96. • He was numbered with the transgres- That a virgin should conceive and bear a sors, and bare the sin of many, and « made intercession for the transgres- That the Lord had created a new thing “ sors." (Is. liii. 12.) upon earth that a woman should com- “ They gave me gall to eat, and when 96 « let him deliver him, if he will have « 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 upon my vesture." (Ps.xxii. crease of his government and peace 17, 18.) 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.) 123 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 shep- reign 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 : “ 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 « 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 “ shall call on my name, and I will speak peace unto the heathen." “ people, and they shall say, the Lord “ is my God." (Zech, xiii. 7,8,9.) 101 “ Behold, your God will come with « 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.) 27. 81. 86. 129 38. 92 - His dominion shall be from sea even to Enumeration of our Saviour's miracles * sea, and from the river even to the * ends of the earth.” (Zech, ix, 10.) Correspondence thereof with former pro- - There was given him dominion and Nature and publicity thereof 78. 88, “ glory, and a kingdom, that all people, * nations, and languages should serve of the places where they were performed s him. His dominion is an everlasting « 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. Condud and works of the Apostles, and 2. Prophecies in the New Testament On the conduct and character of John By Jesus Christ, that he should be be- On the ignorance of the apostles as to the that his disciples should forsake him nature of Christ's kingdom 77. On the desertion of Christ by the apos- tles, and their subsequent profession 147. 150. 152. 155. 156. 218 On the intrepidity of the apostles after of the sufferings his followers should of the powers they should possess On the extent to which they taught of the vengeance that should follow On the sufferings of the apostles and con- On the powers they possessed 135. 142. of the time within which it should 146. 149. 151, 158. 195, 196. 205 of the discrimination there should be On the conduct of the apostles in ad. between believers and the opposers vancing God's glory, not their own 31 On the testimony they bore to the resur- of the future success of Christianity. re&tion of Jesus Christ 130, 131. 151 On their expectations at the time called “ the coming,” or “ day of the Lord" 3. Miracles and Observations thereon. On his conduct 58. 198, 199. 202 On his opposition to the Jews, and de- 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 healing a deaf and dumb man 191 161. 163, 164. 166. 168. 205. 209 restoring a blind man, Bartimæus, to Against anger healing a man of the palsy 209 raising to life the ruler's daughter 221 On trying our conduct by God's rules, On the duty of lowliness of mind 200 |