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The Freemasons' Magazine. Or General And Complete Library.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE ' . OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY .
Fan FEBRUARY 1794 .
'THE ' ANCIENT CONSTITUTIONS OF THE FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS .
THE folloAving is printed from a scarce book < Sf Copper Plates , and thought worthy of preservation for its antiquity . The style shews it to be of very early date . 57 it' Beginning and first Foundation of the most worthy Craft of'MA SON RY , with the Charges tbarem-io belonging .-
THE mig ht of the Father of Heaven , and the wisdom of the g ! o , ~ rious Son , through the grace and goodness of the Holy Ghost j they being three persons in one God , be with us at our beginning , g ive us grace so to govern us here in our living , that we may come ; to his bliss that never shall have an end . Amen . Good Brethren and Fellowsour purpose is to tell you how , and in .
, what manner this worthy Craft of Masonry Avas begun ; and afterwards how it AA'as kept up , and encouraged by worthy kings and princes , and by many other AVorshipful men . And also to those that be here , we will charge by the . charges that belong to every Freemason to keep for in good faith ; Freemasonry is worthy to be kept well , it is a Avorthy Craft , and a curious Science . -
For there be seven liberal sciences , of which seven it is one of them , and the names of the seven sciences be these : The first is Grammar and that teacheth a man to speak and writer truely . -V OL . IL L
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine. Or General And Complete Library.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE ' . OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY .
Fan FEBRUARY 1794 .
'THE ' ANCIENT CONSTITUTIONS OF THE FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS .
THE folloAving is printed from a scarce book < Sf Copper Plates , and thought worthy of preservation for its antiquity . The style shews it to be of very early date . 57 it' Beginning and first Foundation of the most worthy Craft of'MA SON RY , with the Charges tbarem-io belonging .-
THE mig ht of the Father of Heaven , and the wisdom of the g ! o , ~ rious Son , through the grace and goodness of the Holy Ghost j they being three persons in one God , be with us at our beginning , g ive us grace so to govern us here in our living , that we may come ; to his bliss that never shall have an end . Amen . Good Brethren and Fellowsour purpose is to tell you how , and in .
, what manner this worthy Craft of Masonry Avas begun ; and afterwards how it AA'as kept up , and encouraged by worthy kings and princes , and by many other AVorshipful men . And also to those that be here , we will charge by the . charges that belong to every Freemason to keep for in good faith ; Freemasonry is worthy to be kept well , it is a Avorthy Craft , and a curious Science . -
For there be seven liberal sciences , of which seven it is one of them , and the names of the seven sciences be these : The first is Grammar and that teacheth a man to speak and writer truely . -V OL . IL L