1649, the Scripture calendar : used by the prophets and Apostles, and by our Lord Jesus Christ, paralleld with the new stile, and our vulgar almanack : explaining the accounts, measures, weights, coyns, customes, and language, of Gods ancient people, and of primitive Christians : herein also are contained, besides others, these particulars : 1. The use, benefit, and necessity hereof, in the preface, 2. The heathen and Scripture names and order of the daies and months & why Sab. lect. are here put, 3. The Kalender itself, the contents whereof are shewed at the head, and there withall, of night-watches & day-houres in the New Testament ..., 4. A Scripture chronologie from the creation to Christ, 5. The pedigree of idol gods, to whose honour Heatherns didicated moneths, feasts and daies, and so named 7 planets, still kept up by Antichrist Verstegan 3. conformities, 6. of the number seven, its signification, feasts mysteries, and superstituons, 7. Daniels severall types of the 5 monarchies, opening part of Dan . 2.7.&8 ch. the fifth is at hand / by H.J., servant of Jesus Christ.

  • Jessey, Henry, 1603-1663
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London : Printed by M.B. for the Company of Stationers, 1649.

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62 unnumbered pages : illustrations

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[5th] Edit. corrected.

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Wing A1835

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Alternating 2 printed and 2 blank pages.
Reproduction of original in Cambridge University Library.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 755:13) s1999 miun s

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