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The rule for finding Easter in the Book of Common-Prayer, [electronic resource] : explain'd and vind...

The rule for finding Easter in the Book of Common-Prayer, [electronic resource] : explain'd and vind...

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The rule for finding Easter in the Book of Common-Prayer, [electronic resource] : explain'd and vindicated against the exceptions of the late learned Dr. Wallis, and the misrepresentations of Mr. Baxter, Mr. Calamy, and other dissenters. Wherein Directions are given for Finding the Ecclesiastical New and Full Moon; the Dominical Letter, &c. Together with a Table of the Lunar and Solar Cycles, Golden Number, and Dominical Letters for 532 Years: Shewing, that the Full Moon is the Fourteenth, not the Fifteenth Day Inclusive from the New Moon. And a Preface, giving an Historical Account of the said Rule, and the several Objections made against it. Together with an appendix, concerning the true time o keeping St. Matthias's day in leap-years. Shewing, That it is to be kept on the 24th, and not on the 25th of February, as some Almanacks place it. Wherein are inserted A.B. Sancroft's Order, sent to the Clergy of his Province; And Dr. Wallis's Letter to Bp. Fell concerning the same, A.D. 1684.

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The rule for finding Easter in the Book of Common-Prayer, [electronic resource] : explain'd and vindicated against the exceptions of the late learned Dr. Wallis, and the misrepresentations of Mr. Baxter, Mr. Calamy, and other dissenters. Wherein Directions are given for Finding the Ecclesiastical New and Full Moon; the Dominical Letter, &c. Together with a Table of the Lunar and Solar Cycles, Golden Number, and Dominical Letters for 532 Years: Shewing, that the Full Moon is the Fourteenth, not the Fifteenth Day Inclusive from the New Moon. And a Preface, giving an Historical Account of the said Rule, and the several Objections made against it. Together with an appendix, concerning the true time o keeping St. Matthias's day in leap-years. Shewing, That it is to be kept on the 24th, and not on the 25th of February, as some Almanacks place it. Wherein are inserted A.B. Sancroft's Order, sent to the Clergy of his Province; And Dr. Wallis's Letter to Bp. Fell concerning the same, A.D. 1684.

Publisher

London : printed for J. Knapton at the Crown; J. Holland at the Bible and Ball, in St. Paul's Church Yard; and J. Downing in Bartholomew Close, [1714]

Date

[1714]

Record Identifier

74Vv4JejwOQX

MMS ID

991015434419702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[4],lxiii,[1],40,36;[2],vi,[4],44,[4],10,18p. ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for J. Knapton at the Crown; J. Holland at the Bible and Ball, in St. Paul's Church Yard; and J. Downing in Bartholomew Close, [1714]

Edition

The second edition corrected.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

[1714]

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

The rule for finding Easter in the Book of Common-Prayer, [electronic resource] : explain'd and vindicated against the exceptions of the late learned Dr. Wallis, and the misrepresentations of Mr. Baxter, Mr. Calamy, and other dissenters. Wherein Directions are given for Finding the Ecclesiastical New and Full Moon; the Dominical Letter, &c. Togethe...

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Notes

General note

A reissue of the London 1711 [1712] edition with sig. a reset.

Anonymous. By Robert Watts.

Price from imprint: Price Stitch'd 1 s. 6 d.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

'The true time of keeping St. Matthias's-Day' is in three parts each with a separate titlepage, pagination and register.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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Record Identifier

74Vv4JejwOQX

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv4JejwOQX

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MMS ID

991015434419702626