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moveable FEASTS; together with the Days of Fafting and Abftinence, through the whole Year.

RULES to know when the Moveable Feafts and Holy-days begin.

After-day (on which the reft depend) is always the First Sunday after the Full Moon, which happens upon, or next after the Twenty First Day of March; and if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Eafter-day is the Sunday after.

Advent-Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of St. Andrew, whether before or after.

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A TABLE of all the FEASTS that are to be obferved in the Church of England, throughout

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of Abftinence, to be obferved in the Year.

The Evens or Vigils before

The Nativity of our Lord.

The Purification of the Bleffed Virgin Mary.
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin.
Eafter-day.
Afcenfion-day.
Pentecoft.
S. Matthias.
S. John Baptift.

S. Peter.
S. James.

S. Bartholomew.
S. Matthew.

S. Simon and S. Jude

S. Andrew.

S. Thomas.

All Saints.

Note, that if any of these Feaft-days fall upon a Monday, then the Vigil or Faft-day fhall be kept upon the Saturday, and not upon the Sunday next before it.

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DAYS of Fafting, or Abftinence.

of Lent.

THE. Forty Ember-days at the Four Seafons, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the First Sunday in Lent, the Feaft of Pentecoft, September 14, December 13.

III. The Three Rogation-days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Holy Thursday, or the Ascension of our Lord.

Iy. All the Fridays in the Year, except Christmas-day.

Certain Solemn DAYS, for which particular
Services are appointed.

HE Fifth Day of November, being the Day kept in
Memory of the Papifts Confpiracy.

II. The Thirtieth Day of January, being the Day kept in Memory of the Martyrdom of King Charles the First.

III. The Nine and Twentieth Day of May, being the Day kept in Memory of the Birth and Return of King Charles the Second. IV. The Twenty fifth Day of October, being the Day on which His Majesty began his Happy Reign.

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prefent Time, till the Year 1899 inclufive, according to the foregoing Calendar.

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for the determining of Eafter; to find which, look for the Golden Number of the Year in the Firft Column of the Table, against which stands the Day of the Pafchal 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 ftanding against that Sunday Letter is Eafter-day. If the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, then (according to the First Rule) the next Sunday after is Eafter-day.

To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add one 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. To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter, according to the Calendar, until the Year 1799 inclufive, add to the Year of our Lord its Fourth Part, omitting Fractions, and alfo the Number 1: Divide the Sum by 7; and

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if there is no Remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter: But if any. Number remaineth, then the Letter ftanding against that Number in the fmall annexed Table, is the Sunday Letter.

For the next Century, that is, from the Year 1800 till the Year 1899 inclufive, add to the current Year only its Fourth Part, and then divide by 7, and then proceed as in the last Rule.

Note, that in all Biffextile or Leap-Years, the Letter found, as above, will be the Sunday Letter from the intercalated Day exclufive, to the End of the Year.

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O make ufe of the preceding Table, find the Sunday-Letter

Tfor the year in the Uppermoft Line, and the Golden Number, or Prime, in the Column of Golden Numbers, and against the Prime, in the fame Line under the Sunday-Letter, you have the Day of the Month on which Eafter falleth that Year. But Note, That the Name of the Month is fet on the Left-Hand, or juft with the Figure, and followeth not, as in other Tables, by Defcent, but Collateral.

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The First Day

Years, according to the foregoing Calendar.

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February 8

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January 31

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