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the_o sabbath_n of_o each_o week_n 23._o the_o first_o day_n of_o each_o month_n 29._o call_v with_o we_o the_o calends_o or_o nehomenis_fw-la because_o they_o reckon_v their_o month_n at_o least_o in_o the_o late_a time_n from_o the_o day_n the_o moon_n begin_v to_o appear_v they_o have_v likewise_o three_o solemn_a day_n the_o passeover_n pentecost_n and_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n establish_v in_o memory_n of_o three_o great_a blessing_n which_o they_o have_v receive_v from_o god_n their_o go_v forth_o out_o of_o egypt_n the_o publication_n of_o the_o law_n and_o their_o establishment_n in_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n the_o sacrifice_n be_v multiply_v on_o feast-day_n but_o they_o offer_v every_o day_n two_o lamb_n for_o a_o holocaust_n both_o morning_n and_o evening_n sacrif_n and_o this_o be_v what_o they_o call_v the_o perpetual_a sacrifice_n their_o year_n consist_v of_o twelve_o month_n of_o thirty_o day_n each_o much_o like_a to_o we_o it_o be_v thus_o regulate_v ever_o since_o noah_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o date_n of_o the_o deluge_n but_o it_o be_v credible_a that_o it_o than_o begin_v at_o the_o autumnal_a equinox_n moses_n be_v command_v to_o begin_v it_o in_o the_o spring_n in_o the_o month_n abib_fw-la which_o be_v that_o of_o the_o passeover_n and_o with_o reference_n it_o be_v to_o that_o month_n that_o the_o other_o be_v compute_v which_o be_v only_o name_v by_o their_o number_n they_o correspond_v much_o with_o our_o roman_a month_n the_o name_n whereof_o come_v from_o the_o ancient_a year_n which_o begin_v in_o the_o month_n of_o march_n thus_o the_o eight_o month_n be_v october_n at_o least_o in_o part_n the_o nine_o be_v november_n and_o so_o of_o other_o cap._n xix_o fast_o vow_n the_o fast_n of_o the_o israelite_n be_v attend_v with_o all_o i_o have_v set_v down_o when_o i_o speak_v of_o their_o mourn_a for_o fast_v and_o mourn_v be_v the_o same_o thing_n so_o that_o it_o do_v not_o consist_v in_o only_a eat_n late_a but_o in_o 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