piy [the leffer of the two periods of Jerufalem was to be rebuilt, and was alfo, being now completely finished.

* VII Weeks after the 20th of ARTAXERXES; wherein according to this Prophecy [Dun, ix. 25] as being they ime mention'd in the faid twenty fifth verfe,] accordingly not only her but her [See p.144.]

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EXPLANATIONS of the foregoing TABLES.

IN the first Column every JULIAN year therein contained, has a Line belonging to it that runs through all the Columns in that page: in which line it is adjusted with two other forts of years that are concurrent with it; namely, firft with DANIEL's years, and fecondly with the years in PTOLEMY's Canon.

The Column marked with B under it, fhews what Julian years are Biffextile, or leap-years: which, in every 20 years before Chrift, are the 17, 13, 9, 5, and 1ft, in the years after Chrift, the 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20th. These are carefully to be obferved in Computation; because, whereas every common year has 365 days, every leap-year has 366, one day being added after the 24th day of Febru ary, which makes that month to be of 29 days, which has but 28

in common years.

Column C is of the Julian years before Chrift from the year 445 downward till the Vulgar Era begins, and then afterward this Column will be of the years of our Lord according to the Vulgar Era. Every one of thefe Julian years, beginning on the first of January, and ending December 31, is divided into two Numbers of Days in the Columns of Daniel's years. Thofe of the firft number always begin on the first day of January, and those of the second end on the laft of December: except only thofe in the leffet figures, whereof more will be faid in its proper place.

The two Columns marked D, D, are for the years of Daniel's weeks; whereof the firft VII week's containing 49 years; the LXII following weeks containing 434 years, they make in all 483 years; every one of thefe years containing 360 days, as hath been already afferted, and as it will be particularly thewn in the following Chapter.

The firft of thefe 483 years begins at the Nifan of the 20th year of Artaxerxes. Now the fift day of Nifan falling generally on the 21ft day of April, according to the moft learned Primate Uber's * Account, and the 21st of April in the 20th of Artaxerxes falling into the Julian year 445; therefore Daniel's first year, beginning on the 21ft of April, is placed in the line of that year 445 before Chrift. And whereas after the 20th of April there are 255 days to the end of a Julian year, this Number 255 is fet down in that line, as bein all that part of the 445th Julian which concurs with the first year of the 483 before mentioned.

But this Number of 255 days wanting tos of the 360 that are in every fuch form of year; therefore that first year of the 483 is placed a fecond time in the ift Column D in the fecond line; and there it is made whole, by allotting to it the first ros days of the Fulian year 444; namely, from January 1. till April 15. of that year; and

Q 4

(4) Vid. Uss. Annal. Tom. I. p. 25. pr 38 bis. p: 95, 96, and 115.

whereas

whereas, befides thefe 105 days, there remain 260 from April 16th to the end of that Julian year, these go into the fecond year of the 483; and the Number two is therefore placed before the 260 in the fecond line of that Table.

The two Columns marked F, F, contain in every line the two Numbers of days which divide the 365 days of the Julian year in the beginning of that line, between thofe two of Daniel's 483 years which are in the very fame line in the Columns D, D, above mentioned. Of thefe two Numbers of days in every line it is to be always remembred, that the firft Number begins on the first day of Fanuary, and the fecond ends with the laft of December; except before excepted: But befides,

Whereas in the Column over the letter G there is fet down the month and day on which every one of Daniel's years begins, it is to be understood that the next foregoing year ends on the month and day next before it. As for example; The firft Daniel's year beginning on April 21 in the Julian year 445, it has with that and the laft of December 255 days out of that Julian year; and this first Daniel's year wanting yet 105 days of its 360, it has thefe out of the Julian year 444 before Chrift, beginning at Januery I, and ending April 15th. This appears in the Column over G: for there on April 16 begins the fecond Daniel's year. This fecond year has from April 16 to the laft of December inclufively, the Number therein noted, of 260 days out of that Ju lian year, and these are made up 360 by adding 100 out of the Falian year 443; in which year they begin at January 1, and end at April 10th in that year. Then on April 11 begins the 3d year, and taking in that day with all that follow to the end of December, it has 265 days out of that Julian year 443 which Number being to be made up 360,, therefore that third year has other 95 days out of the Julian year 442, beginning January 1, and ending on the 5th day of April which appears by the next day, wiz. April 6th beginning the 4th of the 483 years. And that 4th year goes on, and fo do all that follow, in like manner with those above mentioned.

NB. In every line the two Numbers of Days in the Columns F, F. being added together make up the Number 365 in a common Julian year, and 366 in a Biffextile: But as to the 360 days of any of Daniel's years, they are made up of the Number of days in the 2d Column F in the fame line, adding thereunto the Number of days in the ft Column F, in the line next below it.

In every line of the 2d fet of Tables, the two Numbers of days in the Columns F, F, being added together make up the Number of 360 days for the Daniel's year in the beginning of the line: But as to the 365 days of a common Julian year, or the 366 of a Biffextile, they are made up of the Number of days in the 2d Column

F, where