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The Freemasons' Magazine. Or General And Complete Library.
Lord should be evil served , and they ashamed ; and also that they should call the governor of the v .-ork master , in the time that they work Avith him . And many cither charges he gaye them , that are too long to tell , and to all these charges he made them SAvear a great oath , that men used at that time .
And he ordained for them a reasonable pay , Avhereby they might HA' 6 honestly , and also that they should come an ( l assemble together every year once , to consult how they might Avork best to serve the Lord for his profit , and to their own' credit , and to correft within themselves , him that hath trespassed against the Craft . - And thus tyas the Craft grounded thereand that Avorthy clerk
Eu-, clid gave it the name of Geometry , and noAv it is called through all the land Masonry . Anno Mundi , 2474 . 2 Samuel , 5 , 6 . Sithence , long time after , when the Children of Israel Avere come into the land of the Jebusites , which is now called Jerusalem , King David began the temple , that is called , i ' . tmpluin Dqniini , with us the Temple of Jerusalem , or theTem-j
pie of the'I ^ ord . . ' ' . Tlie same King David loved Masons , and cherished them , and gave them good pay ; and he gave them the charges in manner as they AVere g iven in Egypt , and other charges more , as " you fhall hear afterwards ' . After the decease of King David , 1 st Kings , 7 th chap . 13 th verse , Solomon sent to ' Hiram , King of Tyre , for one' who Avas a cunning workman , called Hiram Abif , the son of ' a Avoman of the line qfNap ^ thali , and of Unas the Israelite .
" SOLOMON TO HIRAM THE KING , " Know thou , that my father having a will to build a temple to God , hath been AvithdraAvn from the performance thereof , by the continual wars and troubles he' hath' had , for he never topk rest before he either defeated his uniimies , c > r mqde them tributaries unto him : for mine OAvn part , I thaiik God for the . peace which I possessand for that h
, y the means thereof I have opportunity ( according to mine own desire ) TO build a temple unto God ; for he' it is that foretold my father that his house should be builded during my reign ; for which cause ! pray you , send some one of your skillfylest men , with my servants , to the \ vood Liban ' us , to hew dotvn trees in that place , for-the Macedonians arc more skilful in hewing and preparing timber than our people are ,
and I will pay tho cleavers of Avpod according to your direction . " " tJIRAM TO KING SOLOMON , ' ¦ ' Tho ^ i hast cause to thank God in that he has delivered thy father ' s kingdom Into thy'hands j' to thee , I ' sfay , AA'ho is a man wise ahd'full' of virtue ; for Avhich cause , since no news can come untome more
gra-, cious , nor office of love more esteemed than this , I will accomplish all that thou requestest ; for after I have caused a great quantity of cedar and Cyprus tvood to be cut . down ' : I will send it to thee by sea , by my servants , whom I will command and furnish with convenient vessels i / f
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine. Or General And Complete Library.
Lord should be evil served , and they ashamed ; and also that they should call the governor of the v .-ork master , in the time that they work Avith him . And many cither charges he gaye them , that are too long to tell , and to all these charges he made them SAvear a great oath , that men used at that time .
And he ordained for them a reasonable pay , Avhereby they might HA' 6 honestly , and also that they should come an ( l assemble together every year once , to consult how they might Avork best to serve the Lord for his profit , and to their own' credit , and to correft within themselves , him that hath trespassed against the Craft . - And thus tyas the Craft grounded thereand that Avorthy clerk
Eu-, clid gave it the name of Geometry , and noAv it is called through all the land Masonry . Anno Mundi , 2474 . 2 Samuel , 5 , 6 . Sithence , long time after , when the Children of Israel Avere come into the land of the Jebusites , which is now called Jerusalem , King David began the temple , that is called , i ' . tmpluin Dqniini , with us the Temple of Jerusalem , or theTem-j
pie of the'I ^ ord . . ' ' . Tlie same King David loved Masons , and cherished them , and gave them good pay ; and he gave them the charges in manner as they AVere g iven in Egypt , and other charges more , as " you fhall hear afterwards ' . After the decease of King David , 1 st Kings , 7 th chap . 13 th verse , Solomon sent to ' Hiram , King of Tyre , for one' who Avas a cunning workman , called Hiram Abif , the son of ' a Avoman of the line qfNap ^ thali , and of Unas the Israelite .
" SOLOMON TO HIRAM THE KING , " Know thou , that my father having a will to build a temple to God , hath been AvithdraAvn from the performance thereof , by the continual wars and troubles he' hath' had , for he never topk rest before he either defeated his uniimies , c > r mqde them tributaries unto him : for mine OAvn part , I thaiik God for the . peace which I possessand for that h
, y the means thereof I have opportunity ( according to mine own desire ) TO build a temple unto God ; for he' it is that foretold my father that his house should be builded during my reign ; for which cause ! pray you , send some one of your skillfylest men , with my servants , to the \ vood Liban ' us , to hew dotvn trees in that place , for-the Macedonians arc more skilful in hewing and preparing timber than our people are ,
and I will pay tho cleavers of Avpod according to your direction . " " tJIRAM TO KING SOLOMON , ' ¦ ' Tho ^ i hast cause to thank God in that he has delivered thy father ' s kingdom Into thy'hands j' to thee , I ' sfay , AA'ho is a man wise ahd'full' of virtue ; for Avhich cause , since no news can come untome more
gra-, cious , nor office of love more esteemed than this , I will accomplish all that thou requestest ; for after I have caused a great quantity of cedar and Cyprus tvood to be cut . down ' : I will send it to thee by sea , by my servants , whom I will command and furnish with convenient vessels i / f