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Show l4 · 1:heir·Daies,Hoftrs,Weel{!,llndTeatJ". LIB. Ill. the fixta from twelve till three, the ninth from three t1U fix at night. The Dial in ufe among the ancient Jews, differed from that in ufe among \Js:theirs were a kind of£1airs; the time of the day was difl:inguHhed, not hJ lines ,but by flep1, or degrees; the lliade 0f the Sun every half. hour mo-ved forward to a new degree. In the Dia1 of A·haz, the Sun went back "'1VO ltfdg.noloch, de= - grees, or fleps, not lines, lfai 3 8. 8 .. Th~ir weeks were t_wo-fold; the one was ordina~J confi(hng of fev._en. dates, the otherextraordinarJ and P.ropbetical,conhfbng of foven 1ears. Dan. 9.24. The tidt is termed Hebdom~M diaria, a week of daies; the fecond, Htbdomas annalis, a weeltof Jea~s. The Hebrew I at firft meafured their moneths according to the courfe of the Sun, whence they are cal- . . led Menfts folares; and then every moneth confified vf thirty daies. The waters prevailed from the- feventeenth day oft he fecond moneth, Gen·.17.' 3· unto the feventh day of the feven moneth , Gen.~. 4• that is~ full five moneths. If we will number the daies, ther were an hundred and fifty, Gen. 7• ~ 4• Whereby tt appeareth, that every moneth contained full thirty da.ies., After the JfraeliteJ departure out of Eg;p~, then they mea!ured their rnoneths by the courfe of the ~oon; .they ar~. terme~ Menfislunares : they contained etther thtrty da1es, and iheri they wer().called.Menfe s pleni:> fnll m4neths :· or twenty nine da·ies, and then they Were called MenftJ cr.JttJi, DeftcienJ Moneths, The S~tn exceedeth the Moon in her courfe eleven r-dYi.de K:}tn;, daies ~ (c) hence every third or fecond year, one Arllm nt;. • b 6rai""" MHII~ month was toferted. Now ecaufe t-he twelfth moneth a,;'"'· 6:z. in the Hebrew Kalender was called ~d~tr, hence when a· month was inferted, the lalt was ca lied Pe.,•tlar, the fecond dd4r-. . Eefore LIB. I I I. Their DAieJ, H011r1, Wee~<!, tt11d 1'ear1. 8S Before their captivity in BA~Jion, they counted their moneths without any name, according to the ' number. The Fitjl, Second, Third moneth, &c. After their return from BAbJlon) they called them by thefe names: I. Nifon; it was alfo called ., lr- 1 ..S March. :~~:tN Abib, whic;h bgnifieth I "l April. an ear of Corn. in this month f: I Barley began to be eared. 1 ~. liar, it was alfo called j 12 .5 April. ,,. which fignifietb bet1ut1_ : l .1 May. then the Trees began to be I . be4utified with Buds and ( Bloflo~s, I f 3• Stvan. . · '0 I S May. 'J ~ ~ 3 [June. 4· ThamN~. c.. 1 5 Jan e. if S 14 2July, S· .lib. "'E ~July. > t < s Augufr •. 6. E/Hl. . I~ l AuguU. · ~ l6 ~ September .. 7. 'ti]r l, othe rwife called ,. ~ I September h . ..c t • F.t anim. ~ 7 "l October 8. March1uat~, it was cal· . } October: '( led BuD. I IS ~November. · 5 November. 9. chifle•'· :,. f9 -z December. r--.. :. 5 December. 10. Tebet"· ~· ~ J IQ 'l January. . . ; j 1 .s January ... ' II. sheheth.. l . I 1 February.. - 12. AJar. ); [J 1 ~ .s February •. . J l • Vt·11d1r.. ..J' "" "l Mareb. ,· · .. · ... M 3 · .. Before· |
