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Freemasons' Repository.
FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY .
MASONRY FOUNDED ON . SCRIPTURE . A SERMON , PREACHED BEFORE THE LODGES OF GRAVESENDj os NEW YEAR ' S DAY , 175 Z .
BY W . WILLIAMS , M . A . And what doth the Lord require of thee , but to do justly , and to fore mercy , and to walk humbly with thy God . MICAII vi . 3 . ( CONCLUDED FROM OUR- LAST . )
AND thus , notwithstanding the obloquyand reproach Masonry has met with , at its first introduction into some places , it has spread itself into the most distant parts of the earth ; and now from East to West , between North and South , there is scarce a nation , people , or kingdom , among whom a Lodge has not been held . And doubtless , there must have been some motive to induce men thus to propagate and spread abroad this science : there must have '
been somewhat more than barely a desire of participating of a frivolous secret : there must have been some greater inducement for persons of the greatest sense and relig ion , as well as rank , not only to be members of this society , but also to endeavour to enhance its credit , as well as increase the number of its members : there must have been something very good and desirable that has induced parents of the
greatest wisdom and abilities to introduce their own children into this society . And indeed there could be no excuse for Christians being ' ranked among any sect of men , who held tenets , or practised actions that are contrary to the commands of the gospel : but so far are Masons from so doing , that by their very constitutions and principles they are bound to the strictest justice , not only in fact , but also in their
very words . They are by them taught that Masonry depriveth no man of the honour that was his due before he became such , or may be his due after he was raised such : they enjoin sobriety and moderation : they teach men that they must subdue their passions : they acquaint them that they must abstain from every thing ludicrous , or that may give anxiety to any one : that they must be subject to all in
power , * whether to The king as supreme , or unto governors , as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers , and for the praise of them that do well : they enjoin all relative duties , they teach men ' to be good children , parents , servants , masters , husbands : they instruct
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasons' Repository.
FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY .
MASONRY FOUNDED ON . SCRIPTURE . A SERMON , PREACHED BEFORE THE LODGES OF GRAVESENDj os NEW YEAR ' S DAY , 175 Z .
BY W . WILLIAMS , M . A . And what doth the Lord require of thee , but to do justly , and to fore mercy , and to walk humbly with thy God . MICAII vi . 3 . ( CONCLUDED FROM OUR- LAST . )
AND thus , notwithstanding the obloquyand reproach Masonry has met with , at its first introduction into some places , it has spread itself into the most distant parts of the earth ; and now from East to West , between North and South , there is scarce a nation , people , or kingdom , among whom a Lodge has not been held . And doubtless , there must have been some motive to induce men thus to propagate and spread abroad this science : there must have '
been somewhat more than barely a desire of participating of a frivolous secret : there must have been some greater inducement for persons of the greatest sense and relig ion , as well as rank , not only to be members of this society , but also to endeavour to enhance its credit , as well as increase the number of its members : there must have been something very good and desirable that has induced parents of the
greatest wisdom and abilities to introduce their own children into this society . And indeed there could be no excuse for Christians being ' ranked among any sect of men , who held tenets , or practised actions that are contrary to the commands of the gospel : but so far are Masons from so doing , that by their very constitutions and principles they are bound to the strictest justice , not only in fact , but also in their
very words . They are by them taught that Masonry depriveth no man of the honour that was his due before he became such , or may be his due after he was raised such : they enjoin sobriety and moderation : they teach men that they must subdue their passions : they acquaint them that they must abstain from every thing ludicrous , or that may give anxiety to any one : that they must be subject to all in
power , * whether to The king as supreme , or unto governors , as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers , and for the praise of them that do well : they enjoin all relative duties , they teach men ' to be good children , parents , servants , masters , husbands : they instruct