THE CALENDAR, WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS. DECEMBER hath XXXI DAYS. MORNING EVENING 11 Lesson.2 Lesson.1 Lesson.2 Lesson, Isaiah 14 Acts 2 Isaiah 15 Hebr. 7 17 16 19 TABLES AND RULES FOR THE MOVEABLE AND IMMOVEABLE|| FEASTS; Together with the Days of Fasting and Absti- || nence, through the whole Year. RULES to know when the Moveable Feasts and Holy-days begin. FASTER-DAY (on which the rest depend) V is always the First Sunday after the Fun Moon which happens upon, or next after the Twenty-first Day of March; and if the Full || Moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter-Day is the Sunday after. Advent-Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of Saint Andrew, whether before|| or after. Septuagesima 2 (Nine ... Sexagesima C ) Eight Weeks before Quinquagesima( ) Seven Easter. Quadragesima J (Six Rogation-Sunday (Five Weeks Ascension Day Forty Days after Whit-Sunday ( Seven Weeks Easter. Trinity-Sunday ) (Eight Weeks) JA TABLE of all the Feasts that are toll be observed in the Church of England throughout the Year. The Days of the Feasts of All Sundays in the Year. The Circumcision of our Lord JESUS|| CHRIST. CHRIST.. St. Bartholomew the Apostle. St. Michael and all Angels, The Holy Innocents.. A TABLE of the Vigils, Fasts, and Days of Abstinence, to be observed in the Year. The Evens or Vigils before Blessed Virgin Mary. I St. James. St. Matthew. St. Şimon and St. Jude. Ascension Day St. Andrew. St. Thomas. All Saints. Note, that if any of these Feast Days fall upon a Mon day, then the Vigil or Fast-Day shall be kept upon the Saturday, and not upon the Sunduy next be. fore it. Days of Fasting, or Abstinence. II. The Forty Days of Lent. The First Sunday in 11 II. The Ember-Days at the Lent. Four Seasons, being the Wed-, The Feast of Pente- September 14. December 13. IIII. The Three Rogation-Days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, before Holy Thursday, or the Ascension of our LORD. IV. All the Fridays in the Year, except CHRISTMAS DAY. Certain Solemn Days, for which particular Services are appointed. 1. The Fifth Day of November, being the Day kept in Il Memory of the Papists' Conspiracy. III. The Thirtieth Day of January, being the Day kept in Memory of the Martyrdom of King Charles the First. Day kept in Memory of the Birth and Return of IA TABLE to find EASTER-DAY, from thel present Time till the Year 1899 inclusive, according to the foregoing Calendar, THIS Table contains so much of the 1 Calendar as is necessary for the determining of Easterto find which, look for the Golden Number of the Year in the First Column of the Table, against which stands the Day of thell 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 EasterDay. If the Full Moon happens upon Ja Sunday, thien (according to the First Rule) the next Sunday after is Easter B OOOO VOOR ONS 1 de To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add 1 to the Year of our Lord, Jand then divide by 19; the Remainder, if any, is the Golden Number; but if nothing remaineth, then 19 is the Golden Number. To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter, according to the Calendar, until the Year 1799 inclusive, add to the Year of our Lord its Fourth LOTA Part, omitting Fractions; and also the Number 1: Divide the Sum by 7; and if there is no Remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter. But if any Num. ber remaineth, then the Letter standing against that Number in the small annexed Table, is the Sunday Letter. For the next Century, that is, from the Year 1800 till the Year 1899 inclusive, add to the current Year only its! Fourth Part, and then divide by 7,1 and proceed as in the last Rule. 1 Note, that in all Bissextile or LeapYears, the Letter found as above will be the Sunday Letter, from the inter-)! calated Day exclusive to the End of the Year. |