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he belongs are simply good , and that they have no natural tendency to evil . If bad men have perverted the external parts of the system to wicked purposes , he laments the depravity of human nature , and regards the genuine principles of his order with greater affecftion . The best of doctrines has been corrupted ; and the most sacred of all institutions has been prostituted to base and unworthy purposes . The
MASON duly considering this , finds a consolation in the midst of reproach ancl apostacy ; ar . d , while he despises the one , he-will endeavour , by his o \ yn example , to refute the other .
A Sermon;
A SERMON ;
PREACHED AT CHELMSFORD , ESSEX , MAY I 5 , 1 797 , AT THE INSTALLATION Of THE R . W . GEORGE DOWNING , ESQ __* I'UOVINCIAL GRAND MASTER OF THAT COUNTV . BY THE REV . WILLIAM BROOK JONES ,
GRAND CHAPLAIN . ' He that built all things is God . ' HEB . iii . v . 4 .
HPHE art of building has flourished from the beginning of the world , - " and the holy scriptures have recorded it as one of the first arts practised by the sons of Adam . Such is the state of mankind as to render buildings necessary . We must he protected from the heat , and sheltered from the storm . The dispositions of men being also restless and hostile towards each other ,
buildings of defence have ahvays been required ; such as will stand against force and violence . No small art hath been , and still is , exercised upon them ; and must be , till we can teach men to be quiet and contented with the gifts of heaven : but this will never be brought to pass by all the schenies of amity and benevolence , which the wit of man can devise .
When we build for ornament we are more happily employed . Here , proportion , grandeur , and elegance , all meet together to strike the eye of the beholder ; books of art are stored with the rules of excellence , and the wisdom of antiquity on the subject has ahvays been thought to deserve the attention of learned men . But most excellent of all have been those edifices which the art of man has raised on a princip le of devotion . As God himself is justly stilcd the greatest and the best , such , when compared with all others , have been the buildings raised to his honour ; they have been the
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he belongs are simply good , and that they have no natural tendency to evil . If bad men have perverted the external parts of the system to wicked purposes , he laments the depravity of human nature , and regards the genuine principles of his order with greater affecftion . The best of doctrines has been corrupted ; and the most sacred of all institutions has been prostituted to base and unworthy purposes . The
MASON duly considering this , finds a consolation in the midst of reproach ancl apostacy ; ar . d , while he despises the one , he-will endeavour , by his o \ yn example , to refute the other .
A Sermon;
A SERMON ;
PREACHED AT CHELMSFORD , ESSEX , MAY I 5 , 1 797 , AT THE INSTALLATION Of THE R . W . GEORGE DOWNING , ESQ __* I'UOVINCIAL GRAND MASTER OF THAT COUNTV . BY THE REV . WILLIAM BROOK JONES ,
GRAND CHAPLAIN . ' He that built all things is God . ' HEB . iii . v . 4 .
HPHE art of building has flourished from the beginning of the world , - " and the holy scriptures have recorded it as one of the first arts practised by the sons of Adam . Such is the state of mankind as to render buildings necessary . We must he protected from the heat , and sheltered from the storm . The dispositions of men being also restless and hostile towards each other ,
buildings of defence have ahvays been required ; such as will stand against force and violence . No small art hath been , and still is , exercised upon them ; and must be , till we can teach men to be quiet and contented with the gifts of heaven : but this will never be brought to pass by all the schenies of amity and benevolence , which the wit of man can devise .
When we build for ornament we are more happily employed . Here , proportion , grandeur , and elegance , all meet together to strike the eye of the beholder ; books of art are stored with the rules of excellence , and the wisdom of antiquity on the subject has ahvays been thought to deserve the attention of learned men . But most excellent of all have been those edifices which the art of man has raised on a princip le of devotion . As God himself is justly stilcd the greatest and the best , such , when compared with all others , have been the buildings raised to his honour ; they have been the