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And the Angel said unto the Shepherds, Fear not for behold, I bring you good Tidings of great Toy.

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LIVES & TRAVELS of the VIRGIN MARY,

JOSEPH, AND OF OUR SAVIOUR,

JESUS CHRIST,

HIS APOSTLES, &c.

WITH AN EXPLANATION OF ALL THE FIXED AND MOVEABLE FEASTS,
IN COMMEMORATION OF THEIR LIVES AND MARTYRDOMS.

DESIGNED FOR YOUNG PERSONS,

AND

NECESSARY IN ALL FAMILIES,

BY THE REVEREND C. BROWN.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

A supplement describing the Universe, the calculation of time,
and the Regulation of Seasons, Months, and Years. A brief
chronology from the creation to our Saviour's Birth, Tables
of scripture measures. A catalogue of remarkable scripture
names, the characters and conditions of them in general; And
a Form of Prayer founded on the scriptural accounts of our
fall in Adam, and glorious Restoration by

JESUS CHRIST,

WITH

ADDITIONAL PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS,

FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES,

FOR EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.

(The fourth Edition.)

HALESWORTH:

Printed and sold by W. Harper, and sold by all Booksellers.

1 FEB 1969

LIBRARY

Gen. v. viii.

Years.

A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY,

The first age of the World. Divided between Amram and

Rohath

130

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From the building the temple to the captivity of Babylon

26

Jerusalem rebuilt after the cap-
tivity

143

The seventh Age of the World.
Daniel ix.

salem 66 weeks, each week From the rebuilding of Jeru seven years 462 For, from the 23d year DaThe sixth Age of the World. rius unto the 42d of Augustus,

Ezra vi.

The captivity continued

Restored to freedom in the year of Cyrus

419

70

Was just so many years; so that from Adam unto Christ are 3963 years, 6 months, and 1 ten days.

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Manch in coin-60 Sh. 13140-1697

Tal. of Silver-3000 Sh. 657000-81862

Talent of gold the same weight—

Tire Golden Darios-12 Gerahs-131

,257 I 5

,5-353 11 10

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-5075 15 7

Testament.

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· Roman money mentioned in the new Denarius, Silver, is 7d. 4. Asses, Copper, 4. Assarium, 1d.. Quadrans, 4. A Mite of a Farthing. A Drachm, or Penny is 7d. The smaller Shekel, or Didrachm 1s. 3d. An Assary, or farthing, 4.

MEASURES of SURFACE,

1. The table of shew bread, Exod. xxv. 23. is said to be two cubits long, and one broad,-to 94 square inches.

2 The two boards of the Tabernacle, each 10 cubits long and 1 broad, Exod. xxvi. 6. being rectangular, must contain 15 square cubits-to 50 square English measure,

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