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Article FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. ← Page 4 of 5 →
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Freemasons' Repository.
is in you so shine before all men , that they may see your good works , and glorify your Father which is in heaven . * Let the whiteness of the clothing , - wherein you now appear , prove a true emblem of your inward purity and innocence . Let those jewels , the badges of honour and tokens to what master you belong , wherewith you are now adorned , always put you in mind of that jewel of great price , J which bound to
you are purchase , even with the sale of all that you have . And let the regularity , sobriety , and piety of your lives shew that you , walk humbly with God . Let your justice and mercy , your integrity and charity to all men , prove that good Masons are clothed with humility , adorned with good works , and in all things act worthy of the name of Christ : then shall all theywho have spoke evil of as of
, you , evildoers , seeing your good works , be ashamed of having falsely accused your good conversation in Christ ;§ and then shall they perceive that Masonry is founded and raised on such pillars as shall never fail : for this will prove that it is contrived with the wisdom which is pure , gentle , easy to be intreated , full of good fruits , without partiality and without hypocrisy ; || supported with the strength of sound reasonassisted
, by Revelation , so as to be able to confound all its adversaries , and to put to silence the ignorance of foolish men ; % and adorned even with the beauty of holiness itself : * consequently Masonry is founded on that sure rock , f against which let the waves and billows of temporal
persecution neverso strongly dash , it will stand erect and secure ; because that rock is Christ . J And as the statuary or operative Mason hews , squares , and moulds a rough block of marble , till at length he has formed the resemblance of a perfect man , so are you , my brethren , taught to hew away all those rough and unseemly passions which obscure and deform the natural manthat when you are tried and proved bthe of God ' s
, y square word , you may not be disproved , but each of you found a perfect man unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ . § And lastly to j'ou , who are not of this fraternity I ^ Since you have all the moral certainty and assurance you can possibly have , that this society ( which some have in times past suspected of evil ) is not deserving the ridiculous censure of a deceived
populace ; since you may be convinced , if you do not wilfully stop your ears , \\ that there is nothing practised in their lodges , but what , is decent , innocent , rational . Let me intreat you to do so much justice to their members as to cast away all evil surmisings about those secrets , which you cannot comprehend , and to have such a love of mercy , or charity , as bopeth all things and believelh all things ;^ such a one as may distinguish you to be , what you all profess j'ourselves , Christians . By this let all men know that ye arc Christ ' s disciples , that ye have love one to another ; * and walk so humbly with your God as to reo-ard .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasons' Repository.
is in you so shine before all men , that they may see your good works , and glorify your Father which is in heaven . * Let the whiteness of the clothing , - wherein you now appear , prove a true emblem of your inward purity and innocence . Let those jewels , the badges of honour and tokens to what master you belong , wherewith you are now adorned , always put you in mind of that jewel of great price , J which bound to
you are purchase , even with the sale of all that you have . And let the regularity , sobriety , and piety of your lives shew that you , walk humbly with God . Let your justice and mercy , your integrity and charity to all men , prove that good Masons are clothed with humility , adorned with good works , and in all things act worthy of the name of Christ : then shall all theywho have spoke evil of as of
, you , evildoers , seeing your good works , be ashamed of having falsely accused your good conversation in Christ ;§ and then shall they perceive that Masonry is founded and raised on such pillars as shall never fail : for this will prove that it is contrived with the wisdom which is pure , gentle , easy to be intreated , full of good fruits , without partiality and without hypocrisy ; || supported with the strength of sound reasonassisted
, by Revelation , so as to be able to confound all its adversaries , and to put to silence the ignorance of foolish men ; % and adorned even with the beauty of holiness itself : * consequently Masonry is founded on that sure rock , f against which let the waves and billows of temporal
persecution neverso strongly dash , it will stand erect and secure ; because that rock is Christ . J And as the statuary or operative Mason hews , squares , and moulds a rough block of marble , till at length he has formed the resemblance of a perfect man , so are you , my brethren , taught to hew away all those rough and unseemly passions which obscure and deform the natural manthat when you are tried and proved bthe of God ' s
, y square word , you may not be disproved , but each of you found a perfect man unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ . § And lastly to j'ou , who are not of this fraternity I ^ Since you have all the moral certainty and assurance you can possibly have , that this society ( which some have in times past suspected of evil ) is not deserving the ridiculous censure of a deceived
populace ; since you may be convinced , if you do not wilfully stop your ears , \\ that there is nothing practised in their lodges , but what , is decent , innocent , rational . Let me intreat you to do so much justice to their members as to cast away all evil surmisings about those secrets , which you cannot comprehend , and to have such a love of mercy , or charity , as bopeth all things and believelh all things ;^ such a one as may distinguish you to be , what you all profess j'ourselves , Christians . By this let all men know that ye arc Christ ' s disciples , that ye have love one to another ; * and walk so humbly with your God as to reo-ard .