Breviarium chronologicum, being a treatise describing the terms ... us'd in chronology. Done into Engl. with additions [by R. Sault]. Done into Engl. by R. Sault1704 |
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... concerning Chronology . The Ufefulness of this Study I cannot bet- ter recommend to thee , than in the Words of the Ingenious and Learned Mr. Lock ; who thus expreffes himself upon this Occafion in his Extraordinary Thoughts concerning ...
... concerning Chronology . The Ufefulness of this Study I cannot bet- ter recommend to thee , than in the Words of the Ingenious and Learned Mr. Lock ; who thus expreffes himself upon this Occafion in his Extraordinary Thoughts concerning ...
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... Concerning Hours . RULES . 1. An Hour is commonly called the 24th part of a Day . 2. Hours are either equal , or unequal . 3. Equal Hours , which the Greeks call onμepivai , are thofe by which the whole time of Night and Day is di ...
... Concerning Hours . RULES . 1. An Hour is commonly called the 24th part of a Day . 2. Hours are either equal , or unequal . 3. Equal Hours , which the Greeks call onμepivai , are thofe by which the whole time of Night and Day is di ...
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... concerning the Ægyptians . Alexander ab Alexandro , as began Genial . di . l . 4. c . 20. fays , that the Egyptians and A- Day . thenians began their Day at Sunset , which lafted to the fame time next Day . Others there are , who have ...
... concerning the Ægyptians . Alexander ab Alexandro , as began Genial . di . l . 4. c . 20. fays , that the Egyptians and A- Day . thenians began their Day at Sunset , which lafted to the fame time next Day . Others there are , who have ...
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... concerning Time ) is fo called because it shews the Sunday Letter , being a Table or Cycle of the Changes of the Dominical Letter . Instead of the ancient Roman Division of the Month , into Nones , Ides and Calends ; we reckon the days ...
... concerning Time ) is fo called because it shews the Sunday Letter , being a Table or Cycle of the Changes of the Dominical Letter . Instead of the ancient Roman Division of the Month , into Nones , Ides and Calends ; we reckon the days ...
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... concerning the Pra - Adamites . Indeed , I cannot altogether agree in my Opinion with those who would perfuade us that Scaliger's Scaliger's Epocha of the World is fo demonstratively proved as 152 Book IV . BREVIARIUM.
... concerning the Pra - Adamites . Indeed , I cannot altogether agree in my Opinion with those who would perfuade us that Scaliger's Scaliger's Epocha of the World is fo demonstratively proved as 152 Book IV . BREVIARIUM.
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70 Weeks Abraham according Affyrian Aftronomical againſt alfo alledge ancient Arphaxad Artaxerxes Auguftus Author becauſe befides began betwixt Cafar Cainan Calippus called CHAP Chrift Chriftians Chro Chron Chronologers City Computation confequently confifting Conftantine Confuls correfpondent Cyaxares Cycle Cyrus Darius Death Deftruction Deluge Diodorus Siculus Dionyfius Divifion Dominical Letter Eclipfe Egypt Epacts Epocha Equinox Eufebius faid fame fays fecond feems Feria feven feveral fhall fhews fhould fince the beginning firft firſt flain fome fometimes fubtracted fuch fufficiently fuppofed Greeks hapned Herod Herodotus Hiftorians Hiftory Hours Ifrael Indiction inftituted Interval Jerufalem Jewish Jews Jofephus Jubilean Julian Period Kings laft likewife Lunar mentioned Mofes moft Month Moon moſt muſt Number obferved Olympiad Opinion paffed Paffover Perfian Petavius Plutarch Ptolemy reafon Refidue Reign riod Roman Rome Sabbatic Scaliger Scripture Solar Solar Cycle Temple thefe thefe Characters theſe thofe thoſe uſed Voffius whence whofe Words Xerxes
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Page 370 - The spirit of the Lord God is upon me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord...
Page 353 - In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Page 209 - And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Page 231 - In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif : and in the eleventh year, in the month Bui, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
Page 295 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Page 266 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, the Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Page 230 - So whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess. 25. And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them, 26.
Page 362 - Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
Page 271 - ... thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life...
Page 279 - One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end...