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Festum festorum, or, A discourse touching the holy feast of Easter shewing how it may be established for ever / by John Gadbury ...
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Gadbury, John, 1627-1704.
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Wing G83; ESTC R5647
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Festum Festorum OR A DISCOURSE Touching the Holy Feast OF EASTER SHEWING How it may be ESTABLISHED For EVER By JOHN GADBURY Student in Physick and Astrology What Holy Institution soever Other 〈…〉 of the Year have received some from the Apostles and some from the Fathers of the Church in succeeding Ages We may be sure that this Saâ—â—ed 〈◊〉 was Instituted by the Divine Authority of God and of 〈◊〉 himself Bishop of Durham's 〈◊〉 of Dâ—â— p. 223. Licensed Decemb. 1 st 1686. LONDON Printed by N. Thoâ—pson for the Company of Stationers Mâ—CLXXXVII To My LORD the LORD HENRY EARL of PETERBOROW Peer of ENGLAND Lord MORDANT Lord Baron of TVâ—VEY Groom of the STOLE and first Gentleman of His Majesty's BED-CHAMBER Lord High-Steward to the QUEEN Lord-Lieutenant of the County of NORTHAMPTON One of the Lords of His Majesty's Most Honourable PRIVY-COUNCIL and Knight of the most Noble Order of the GARTER Health Happiness and Length of Days be ever Wished My LORD HAVING attempted a Task of as great Use to the CHRISTIAN CHURCH as of difficulty to perform viz. The Reformation of Our COMMON CALENDAR and a Right Stating of the Holy Feast of EASTER I hope for Ever I do in all Humility cast both my Self and It at Your Lordships Feet Imploring Your Honours Protection of both so far only as Your Lordship shall judge the Work and Authour Deserving It is a Subject that hath caused more Heats in the Primitive Times than any Other and not without the Expence of much SWEAT and BLOOD So Zealous were the Antient Christians in Contending for the TRUTH This Method Once Embraced as I hope and am sure it will the sooner for Your Lordships Owning there will never need any more Quarrels or Contentions about it You are My Lord One of the Greatest Stars in our British Hemisphere and move in an ORBE of Honour very near unto Royal PHAEBUS himself Nay I must in all Humility beg leave to remember the Unthinking part of the World That to your very Great Honour now and Greater Glory in Ages to come Your Lordship was Once nearly Eclips'd with Him too Being Constrain'd to an Unâ—â—â—â—onable Travel in your Elder years for the Security of your Life and Liberty when both were boldy struck 〈◊〉 by the EXCLUSIONERS of our late Perilous Times that bid so Fair for the Unâ—inging of the GOVERNMENT it self These things My Lord then being true Your Lordship is the most Fit of any if at least you shall judge my Mean but Well-meant Pains worthy so great regard to bring this Mercurial Discovery to the KINGS most ROYAL EAR. The Gogitating HERMES sometimes makes MONARCHS shine as Gloriously as the Valiant and Commanding Mavors And the Ever Famous JULIUS CAESAR derives as Lasting I will not say so Great an Honour from his Correction of the CALENDAR as from his Victory obtain'd in the Pharsalian Field And if this my Minute Attempt happen to be but Embraced by your Lordship I shall then hope to live to see MENSIS OCTOBRIS in our BRITISH CALENDAR at least Exchanger its Name for that more Glorious and Auspicious One of MENSIS JACOBI To which Remarkable Month your Lordship hath a more then Ordinary Title as being most happily Born therein and on a Day so near the best of KINGS and in Conjunction with a Most BLESSED EVANGELIST though in Different years Pardon My Lord I beseech you my Great Confidence in presuming to Think That any thing I am able to Write should be Worthy of your Lordships Notice And if This my Humble ESSAY should fail of a General Approbation Let it however with your Lordships Noble Favour stand me in this stead viz. to Tell the World and your Lordship how much I am according to my mean 〈◊〉 willing to promote the English 〈◊〉 and also in a Just and Graâ—eâ—â— Duty to your Lordship Record my self by many Obligations My LORD Your Lordships Meanest Servant And Ever Faithful Honourer JOHN GADBURY Festum Festorum OR A DISCOURSE Touching the ORIGEN and END Of the HOLY FEAST of EASTER OF all the Feasts belonging to the Christian Calendar we shall not incur Errour if we Affirm That the Holy Feast of EASTER is the Chief It being as Ancient as our Blessed Saviour's Resurrection In memory whereof it was declar'd and instituted to be kept Holy saith St. Augustineâ— And by virtue thereof all the SUNDAYS in the Tear besides It is by the Primitive Fathers as liberally quoted by the late Learned and Reverend Bishop of Durham termed the FEAST of FEASTS and the Solemnitâ— of all Solemnities And hence it is that the learnedst Divines though of Different Opinions I must not say of Different Churches for CHRIST hath but ONE CHURCH on Earth do therefore with the Antients term it and that very justly The KING of DAYS and QUEEN of FEASTS As for the Name thereof that is a compellation made up of a German and an English word viz. Oâ—st and Star The former of which the Saxons brought in use among us viz. Oest signifying ARISING or the EAST For that the Sun and all the Stars do Arise or first shew themselves in the EAST The later viz. Star alludes to our Blessed Saviour the Bright and MORNING-STAR whose Resurrection or Arising from the GRAVE was perform'd on this Day for the Salvation and Justification of all the Sons of ADAM who claim the Benefit thereof by a True and Lively FAITH Our English Glossographer Mr. Blunt says That EASTER is so named of EOSTER a Goddess of the Old Saxons whose Feast they kept in April Verstegan says the same and affirms moreover that at this present in Saxony this FEAST is called OSTERN which comes of OSTERMONAET their and our Old Name of APRIL in which Month this Glorious Christian Feastival most commonly happens Howbeit at sometimes we know it shifts place according to the Moon 's Motion the Epact c. on which it depends and so may come to fall in MARCH as in this Year 1687. it does Indeed this Sacred Feast of EASTER hath certain Limits assign'd which without an Alteration by Authority it can neither Transgress or Transpass and commonly it makes its Progress or Perambulation between the 22th day of MARCH and the 26th day of APRIL according to the Cycles c. on which it depends and can therefore never go below the FORMER or ascend beyond the LATER And because the Boundaries of this Holy Feast are not commonly known I will here present you with a Table of its proper Limits according to the old Julian Correction as I find it in that excellent Collection of DEVOTIONS published by the late Right Reverend Bishop of Durham Gold. Num. Easter Limit 1 April 5 2 March 25 3 April 13 4 April 2 5 March 22 6 April 10 7 March 30 8 April 18 9 April 7 10 March 27 11 April 15 12 April 4 13 March 24 14 April 12 15 April 1 16 March 21 17 April 9 18 March 29 19 April 17 ☞