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The Freemasons' Magazine. Or General And Complete Library.
The second is Rhetoric , and that teacheth a man to speak fair ; Iti soft terms . The third is Logic , and that teacheth a man to discern or know truth from falsehood . The fourth is Arithmetic , which teacheth a man to reckon or ac-= count all manner of numbers , & c .
The fifth is Geometry , which teacheth the mensuration of lines , superficies , solids , & c . which science is the basis of Masonry . The sixth science is called Music , which teacheth the proportions , harmony , and discords of sounds , & c . which qualifies a man in the art of singing , composing tunes , and playing upon divers instruments , as the organ , harp , & c «
Lastly , the seventh science is called Astronomy , which teacheth the motions of the luminaries , planets , fixed stars , & c . and to measure their magnitudes , and determine their distances .-Note , that these seven sciences are contained tmdefr Geometry , which teacheth the mensuration , ponderation , or weight of every tiling in and upon the Avhole earth : For it is tvell knownthat every
Crafts-, man Avorks by measure ; as also the husbandman , navigator , planter , & c . for Avithout Geometry those arts can no more subsist than Logic can without Grammar . The first rise of this science was before the general deluge , which is commonly called Noah ' s Flood ; there was a man called Lamech , as mentioned in the 4 th Chapter of Genesis , who had two wives , the
one Avas called Adah , and the other Zillah ; by Adah he begot two sons , Jabal and jitbal ; by Zillah he begot one son , called Tubal , and a daughter called Naamah : These four children found out the beginning of all the crafts in the w ' orld ; Jabal found out Geometry , and he divided flocks of sheep ; he first built a house of stone and timber . His brother Jubal found the art of music ; he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ .
Tubal Cain Avas the instructor of every artificer in brass and iron ,, and the daughter found out the craft of weaving . These children knew well that God Avould take vengeance for sin , either by five or water ; Avherefore they wrote their sciences that they had found out on two pillars , chat they mi ght be found after Noah ' s Flood .
. _ One of the pillars was marble , which will not burn Avith any fire , and the other p illar'or stone was called Laternes , which will not drown in any water .,. Our intent next is to tell you truly , how , and in what manner these stones were found , whereon these sciences were written . The great Hermes , surnamed Tresrnagistus , or three times great ,
being both priest and philosopher in Egypt , found one of them , and lived in the year of the world 2076 , in the reign of Minus ; and some think him to be grandson to Cush , which was grandson to Noah : He was the first that began to leave off Astrology , to admire the other ¦ wonders of Nature : He proved there was hut one God , the creator of all tilings : He divided the day into twelve hours ; he is also thought
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine. Or General And Complete Library.
The second is Rhetoric , and that teacheth a man to speak fair ; Iti soft terms . The third is Logic , and that teacheth a man to discern or know truth from falsehood . The fourth is Arithmetic , which teacheth a man to reckon or ac-= count all manner of numbers , & c .
The fifth is Geometry , which teacheth the mensuration of lines , superficies , solids , & c . which science is the basis of Masonry . The sixth science is called Music , which teacheth the proportions , harmony , and discords of sounds , & c . which qualifies a man in the art of singing , composing tunes , and playing upon divers instruments , as the organ , harp , & c «
Lastly , the seventh science is called Astronomy , which teacheth the motions of the luminaries , planets , fixed stars , & c . and to measure their magnitudes , and determine their distances .-Note , that these seven sciences are contained tmdefr Geometry , which teacheth the mensuration , ponderation , or weight of every tiling in and upon the Avhole earth : For it is tvell knownthat every
Crafts-, man Avorks by measure ; as also the husbandman , navigator , planter , & c . for Avithout Geometry those arts can no more subsist than Logic can without Grammar . The first rise of this science was before the general deluge , which is commonly called Noah ' s Flood ; there was a man called Lamech , as mentioned in the 4 th Chapter of Genesis , who had two wives , the
one Avas called Adah , and the other Zillah ; by Adah he begot two sons , Jabal and jitbal ; by Zillah he begot one son , called Tubal , and a daughter called Naamah : These four children found out the beginning of all the crafts in the w ' orld ; Jabal found out Geometry , and he divided flocks of sheep ; he first built a house of stone and timber . His brother Jubal found the art of music ; he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ .
Tubal Cain Avas the instructor of every artificer in brass and iron ,, and the daughter found out the craft of weaving . These children knew well that God Avould take vengeance for sin , either by five or water ; Avherefore they wrote their sciences that they had found out on two pillars , chat they mi ght be found after Noah ' s Flood .
. _ One of the pillars was marble , which will not burn Avith any fire , and the other p illar'or stone was called Laternes , which will not drown in any water .,. Our intent next is to tell you truly , how , and in what manner these stones were found , whereon these sciences were written . The great Hermes , surnamed Tresrnagistus , or three times great ,
being both priest and philosopher in Egypt , found one of them , and lived in the year of the world 2076 , in the reign of Minus ; and some think him to be grandson to Cush , which was grandson to Noah : He was the first that began to leave off Astrology , to admire the other ¦ wonders of Nature : He proved there was hut one God , the creator of all tilings : He divided the day into twelve hours ; he is also thought