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Page 96
... of the Hebrew writers . In the time of the Maccabees , when Philosophy came to
be cultivated by the Jews , and a taste for learning began to manifest itself ,
schools and sects were undoubtedly formed , modeled after the Grecian societies
.
... of the Hebrew writers . In the time of the Maccabees , when Philosophy came to
be cultivated by the Jews , and a taste for learning began to manifest itself ,
schools and sects were undoubtedly formed , modeled after the Grecian societies
.
Page 97
This man was a teacher of a peculiar sect of his own , and was not at all like the
rest of those their leaders . “ For there are three philosophical sects among the
Jews : the followers of the first of which are the Pharisees , of the second the ...
This man was a teacher of a peculiar sect of his own , and was not at all like the
rest of those their leaders . “ For there are three philosophical sects among the
Jews : the followers of the first of which are the Pharisees , of the second the ...
Page 98
the Pharisees , of the second the Sadducees , and the third sect , which pretends
to a severer discipline , are called Essenes . These last are Jews by birth , and
seem to have a greater affection for one another than the other sects have .
the Pharisees , of the second the Sadducees , and the third sect , which pretends
to a severer discipline , are called Essenes . These last are Jews by birth , and
seem to have a greater affection for one another than the other sects have .
Page 99
They have no one certain city , but many of them dwell in every city ; and if any of
their sect come from other places , what they have lies open for them , just as if it
were their own , and they go into such as they never knew before , as if they had
...
They have no one certain city , but many of them dwell in every city ; and if any of
their sect come from other places , what they have lies open for them , just as if it
were their own , and they go into such as they never knew before , as if they had
...
Page 100
And after this purification is over , they every one meet together in an apartment
of their own , into which it is not permitted to any of another sect to enter ; while
they go , after a pure manner , into the dining - room , as into a certain holy
temple ...
And after this purification is over , they every one meet together in an apartment
of their own , into which it is not permitted to any of another sect to enter ; while
they go , after a pure manner , into the dining - room , as into a certain holy
temple ...
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Page 142 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Page 114 - And as for their piety towards God, it is very extraordinary; for before sun-rising they speak not a word about profane matters, but put up certain prayers, which they have received from their forefathers, as if they made a supplication for its rising.
Page 234 - How often we forget all time, when lone, Admiring nature's universal throne, Her woods, her wilds, her waters, the intense Reply of hers to our intelligence ! Live not the stars and mountains ? Are the waves Without a spirit? Are the dropping caves Without a feeling in their silent tears? No, no : — they woo and clasp us to their spheres, Dissolve this clog and clod of clay before Its hour, and merge our soul in the great shore.
Page 226 - If thou ask to what height man has carried it in this manner, look on our divinest Symbol : on Jesus of Nazareth, and his Life, and his Biography, and what followed therefrom. Higher has the human Thought not yet reached : this is Christianity and Christendom ; a Symbol of quite perennial, infinite character ; whose significance will ever demand to be anew inquired into, and anew made manifest.
Page 117 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool...
Page 111 - Essens reject pleasures as an evil, but esteem continence, and the conquest over our passions, to be virtue. They neglect wedlock, but choose out other persons...
Page 274 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Page 270 - A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him, half dead.
Page 272 - ... and came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine ; and he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, I, when I come back again, will repay thee.
Page 106 - They contemn 5* the miseries of life, and are above pain, by the generosity of their mind. And as for death, if it will be for their glory, they esteem it better than living always ; and indeed our war with the Romans gave abundant evidence what great souls they had in their trials, wherein, although they were tortured and distorted, burnt and torn to pieces, and went through all kinds of instruments of torment, that they might be forced...
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| Title | The Rationale and Ethics of Freemasonry: Or, The Masonic Institution Considered as a Means of Social and Individual Progress Household masonic library |
| Author | Augustus C. L. Arnold |
| Publisher | R. Macoy, 1858 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 298 pages |
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