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To The King's Most Excellent Majesty, The Humble Address Of The Grand Lodge, Of The Ancient Fraternity Of Free And Accepted Masons, Under The Constitution Of England.
TO THE KING ' S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY , THE HUMBLE ADDRESS OF THE GRAND LODGE , OF THE ANCIENT FRATERNITY OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS , UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND .
Th « " following Address ( notwithstanding- it ' s having been before Our Brethren ) we deem necessary to insert , in order that it may be hffided down to Posterity as a lasting Monument of the Loyalty and Attachment of our Institution to His MAJESTY ' Person and Government . Also the subsequent Address of Thanks to His Royal Highness the PmNCE of WALES Grand Master , for his condescension in presenting it .
MOST G RACIOUS SOVEREIGN , AT a time when nearly the whole mass of the people anxiously press forward , and offer with one heart ,, and one voice , the most animated testimonies of their attachment to your Majesty s Person and Government , and of their unabated zeal , at this period of innovation and anarchy in other countries for the unequalled of Sirewhich
Constitution of their own , permit a body men , , , though not known to the laws , has been ever obedient to them : — Men who do not yield to any description of your Majesty s sub . jects , in the love of their Country , in true allegiance to their , So' vereign , or in any other of the duties of a good Citizen , to approach vot , with this public declaration of their political Principles . Fie ' 1 'inies , they think , demand it of them ; and they wish not to be among the last , in such times , to throw their weight , whatever that may be , into the scale of Order , Subordination , and good
Government . „ , ,, , , ,, It is written , Sire , in the Institute of our Order , that we shall not , at our meetings , so into relig ious or political discussion ; because , composed ( as our " Fraternity is ) of Men of various Nations , professing different Rules of Faith , and attached to opposite Systems of Government , such discussions , sharpening the mind of man his brothermiht offend and disunite A crisishowever
against , g , , , so unlocked for as the present , justifies to our judgment a relaxation of that rule ; and our first duty as Britons superseding all other considerations , we add , without farther pause , our voice to that ot C
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To The King's Most Excellent Majesty, The Humble Address Of The Grand Lodge, Of The Ancient Fraternity Of Free And Accepted Masons, Under The Constitution Of England.
TO THE KING ' S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY , THE HUMBLE ADDRESS OF THE GRAND LODGE , OF THE ANCIENT FRATERNITY OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS , UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND .
Th « " following Address ( notwithstanding- it ' s having been before Our Brethren ) we deem necessary to insert , in order that it may be hffided down to Posterity as a lasting Monument of the Loyalty and Attachment of our Institution to His MAJESTY ' Person and Government . Also the subsequent Address of Thanks to His Royal Highness the PmNCE of WALES Grand Master , for his condescension in presenting it .
MOST G RACIOUS SOVEREIGN , AT a time when nearly the whole mass of the people anxiously press forward , and offer with one heart ,, and one voice , the most animated testimonies of their attachment to your Majesty s Person and Government , and of their unabated zeal , at this period of innovation and anarchy in other countries for the unequalled of Sirewhich
Constitution of their own , permit a body men , , , though not known to the laws , has been ever obedient to them : — Men who do not yield to any description of your Majesty s sub . jects , in the love of their Country , in true allegiance to their , So' vereign , or in any other of the duties of a good Citizen , to approach vot , with this public declaration of their political Principles . Fie ' 1 'inies , they think , demand it of them ; and they wish not to be among the last , in such times , to throw their weight , whatever that may be , into the scale of Order , Subordination , and good
Government . „ , ,, , , ,, It is written , Sire , in the Institute of our Order , that we shall not , at our meetings , so into relig ious or political discussion ; because , composed ( as our " Fraternity is ) of Men of various Nations , professing different Rules of Faith , and attached to opposite Systems of Government , such discussions , sharpening the mind of man his brothermiht offend and disunite A crisishowever
against , g , , , so unlocked for as the present , justifies to our judgment a relaxation of that rule ; and our first duty as Britons superseding all other considerations , we add , without farther pause , our voice to that ot C