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The Principles Of Free Masonry Explained.
THE PRINCIPLES OF FREE MASONRY EXPLAINED .
In a Discourse before the very ancient Lodge fj'" KILWINNING , in the Church of that Place , in the Tear 17 66 . BY A BROTHER . [ Transmitted by Mr . J AMES SOMEHVILLS , of Edinburgh . ] 1 John iv . 7 , Beloved , let us love one another ,
MY BRETHREN , WHAT I intend in this Discourse is , to give you an explication of FREE MASONRY and EROT HERLY LOVE . In treatingthis subject , I ' shall use ' all the brevity that is consistent with perspicuity , being unwilling to charge your memories with things which have no immediate connection with it .
The order I am " to pursue is as follows : In the first pkce , _ I shall endeavour ' to explain the princip les on which human society is founded . In the second—to point out the cause of those evils that spring ; from society . In the third-i-to suggest the most effectual means to remove these evils . In the fourth—to lay open the nature of Brotherly-Love . In the filth—to deduce the effects of which that love is productive : And , In the last—to sjiew you how you may become the objects
of it . To the illustration of these heads , I beg your favourable . attention , my brethren , and that candid indulgence , which so amiably distinguishes every GENUINE FREEMASON . ' The principles 011 whicli human society is founded , come first to be explained . " Here give me leave to observe , that it is only from your own hearts , and the conduft of those around you , that the knowledge
of these princip les is to be derived . If . then you would comprehend their nature and tendency , you must study carefully what passes both jn your own breasts and in the lives of others . ' The princip les on which human society is founded , are B _ nevolenc & and Self-Love . From the one arise a set of affections , which make us enter'into the ' . concerns of our fellow-creatures- , and from the other , a set which interest us wholly in our own . Actuated by the former , we rejoice with " the fortunate , or mourn with the afflifted ; but the latter engage us directlvin the pursuit of our own private happiness . .
It is only in society , that these affections can meet-with their proper objects : solitude is an enemy to both sets . To the benevolent , it affords no sort of exercise , ' and gratifies the selfish in but a very low- de-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Principles Of Free Masonry Explained.
THE PRINCIPLES OF FREE MASONRY EXPLAINED .
In a Discourse before the very ancient Lodge fj'" KILWINNING , in the Church of that Place , in the Tear 17 66 . BY A BROTHER . [ Transmitted by Mr . J AMES SOMEHVILLS , of Edinburgh . ] 1 John iv . 7 , Beloved , let us love one another ,
MY BRETHREN , WHAT I intend in this Discourse is , to give you an explication of FREE MASONRY and EROT HERLY LOVE . In treatingthis subject , I ' shall use ' all the brevity that is consistent with perspicuity , being unwilling to charge your memories with things which have no immediate connection with it .
The order I am " to pursue is as follows : In the first pkce , _ I shall endeavour ' to explain the princip les on which human society is founded . In the second—to point out the cause of those evils that spring ; from society . In the third-i-to suggest the most effectual means to remove these evils . In the fourth—to lay open the nature of Brotherly-Love . In the filth—to deduce the effects of which that love is productive : And , In the last—to sjiew you how you may become the objects
of it . To the illustration of these heads , I beg your favourable . attention , my brethren , and that candid indulgence , which so amiably distinguishes every GENUINE FREEMASON . ' The principles 011 whicli human society is founded , come first to be explained . " Here give me leave to observe , that it is only from your own hearts , and the conduft of those around you , that the knowledge
of these princip les is to be derived . If . then you would comprehend their nature and tendency , you must study carefully what passes both jn your own breasts and in the lives of others . ' The princip les on which human society is founded , are B _ nevolenc & and Self-Love . From the one arise a set of affections , which make us enter'into the ' . concerns of our fellow-creatures- , and from the other , a set which interest us wholly in our own . Actuated by the former , we rejoice with " the fortunate , or mourn with the afflifted ; but the latter engage us directlvin the pursuit of our own private happiness . .
It is only in society , that these affections can meet-with their proper objects : solitude is an enemy to both sets . To the benevolent , it affords no sort of exercise , ' and gratifies the selfish in but a very low- de-