The Antiquities of Free-masonry: Comprising Illustration of the Five Grand Periods of Masonry, from the Creation of the World to the Dedication of King Solomon's Temple ...Whittaker, 1823 - 366 pages |
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... remained in few hands , the antients had several institutions for the cultivation of knowledge , concealed under doctrinal and ritual mysteries , that were sacredly withheld from all who were not initiated into a participation of the ...
... remained in few hands , the antients had several institutions for the cultivation of knowledge , concealed under doctrinal and ritual mysteries , that were sacredly withheld from all who were not initiated into a participation of the ...
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... remained , after this worship was rejected to serve the purposes of ambition and pride , but the simple belief of the soul's existence in a future state , together with the general principles of operative Masonry . These were preserved ...
... remained , after this worship was rejected to serve the purposes of ambition and pride , but the simple belief of the soul's existence in a future state , together with the general principles of operative Masonry . These were preserved ...
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... remained for a considerable time subsequent to that event : for our science is recognized by Christ and his Apostles under this denomination ; and it even retains the name of Lux in our Latin Records to the present day . St. John ...
... remained for a considerable time subsequent to that event : for our science is recognized by Christ and his Apostles under this denomination ; and it even retains the name of Lux in our Latin Records to the present day . St. John ...
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... remained inanimate , and in an useless and dormant state , until the com- mencement of our history , about 5,800 years ago . Now though we cannot comprehend the nature of that eternity which existed prior to the creation of this globe ...
... remained inanimate , and in an useless and dormant state , until the com- mencement of our history , about 5,800 years ago . Now though we cannot comprehend the nature of that eternity which existed prior to the creation of this globe ...
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... remained without any advances for many cen- turies ; and that even at the time of the Odyssey it had scarcely advanced further ; for Proteus is there said to number his herd by fives . But surely this reasoning is very insufficient ...
... remained without any advances for many cen- turies ; and that even at the time of the Odyssey it had scarcely advanced further ; for Proteus is there said to number his herd by fives . But surely this reasoning is very insufficient ...
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Aaron Abraham ages Aholiab Almighty altar amidst amongst ancient blessing brethren building Cabiri Cain Canaan celebrated charity children of Israel Christ Christianity command creation darkness death Deity descendants divine duties earth edifice Egypt Egyptians Enoch erected eternal Exod faith father God's gods grand master heaven hence Hiram Abiff holy honour human idolatry inculcated inhabitants Isaac Israel Israelites Jacob Japheth Jephtha Joshua Judah King King Solomon knowledge Lamech land Lodge Lord mankind Masonry Masons ment mercy seat miracles Mizraim Moses mysteries nature Noah Osiris patriarch peculiar perfect pillar possessed posterity practice Præp precepts preserved priests principles promised purity Pythagoras religion rites sacred sacrifice says secrets serpent Shem shew solemn Solomon sonry stone symbol tabernacle temple thee things Thoth thou tion tribe tribe of Dan tribe of Naphtali true worship truth unto virtue wisdom
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Page 249 - And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Page 97 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Page 63 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 39 - Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone...
Page 92 - And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 184 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 363 - Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength : let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
Page 75 - And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Page 244 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Page 61 - ... no philologer could examine them all three, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists...