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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Page vii
... say it with the utmost de- ference , as it involves some of the most refined and honourable feelings of human nature , ) that the doubts of conscientious brethren , respecting the propriety of committing Masonic investigations to ...
... say it with the utmost de- ference , as it involves some of the most refined and honourable feelings of human nature , ) that the doubts of conscientious brethren , respecting the propriety of committing Masonic investigations to ...
Page viii
... says , " the rash act above related may be ascribed to a jealousy in these over - scrupulous brethren , that committing to print any thing relating to Masonry , would be injurious to the interests of the craft : but surely such an act ...
... says , " the rash act above related may be ascribed to a jealousy in these over - scrupulous brethren , that committing to print any thing relating to Masonry , would be injurious to the interests of the craft : but surely such an act ...
Page 12
... says that the wisest of the heathen philosophers taught the same doctrine . And Homer took it for granted that the soul's existence in an after state , either of misery or happiness , according to the deeds done in 12 ANTIQUITIES OF.
... says that the wisest of the heathen philosophers taught the same doctrine . And Homer took it for granted that the soul's existence in an after state , either of misery or happiness , according to the deeds done in 12 ANTIQUITIES OF.
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... says , " He was the true LIGHT ” ( Þŵs ) ; * " and the LIGHT shineth in darkness , and the darkness comprehendeth it not . " + This Evan- gelist , as the grand patron of Masonry , inculcates the doctrines of our craft throughout the ...
... says , " He was the true LIGHT ” ( Þŵs ) ; * " and the LIGHT shineth in darkness , and the darkness comprehendeth it not . " + This Evan- gelist , as the grand patron of Masonry , inculcates the doctrines of our craft throughout the ...
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... says of himself , " I am the LIGHT of the world " ( Pus ) . * And again more explicitly , " Yet á little while is the LIGHT ( Ps ) with you ; walk while ye have the light ( Þws ) , lest darkness come upon you ; for he that walketh in ...
... says of himself , " I am the LIGHT of the world " ( Pus ) . * And again more explicitly , " Yet á little while is the LIGHT ( Ps ) with you ; walk while ye have the light ( Þws ) , lest darkness come upon you ; for he that walketh in ...
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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...