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The Freemasons' Repository.
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY .
ON ... . ¦ THE MASONIC CHARACTER . . ESSAY iii . ' Hoc sit primurA in preceptis meis ut derriohstre-mus quern imiterrtir . ' ClCSKO .
A Valuable critique Upori Mr . Hutchinson ' s work , entitled ' The Spirit of Masonry , ' attracted riiy notice in the last month ' s Review of new Publications in yi .-iir Freemasons' Repository , and naturally directed my attention rS the ingenious and elegant speculations of that gentleman , in the perusal of whose work , I think I may venture to assert with confidence , every well-informed Mason , who professes the doctrines of Christianity , must frequently admire trie
ingenuity of the author , aiid his application of the particular truths of the one profession to the general principles' of the other . Masonry deserts us when we quit the paths of Virtue : she is difficult of access , and limited to a select few , in proportion to Christianity , Which is the most easy of access , open to everyone , and ever solicitous to bring us . back from Vice . The object of bothin one point of
, view , may be considered the same ; but the means , though not inconsistent with , but rather , as Mr . Hutchinson has shewn " , . assisting each other , are as distinct as the various religious opinions df their professors . In the course df these Essays , it has been considered worthy of remark , that to study Nature in all her works , and man in society , forms
no inconsiderable portion of the real Mason ' s attention ; Oiit of the earth , the most ancient , universal , and authentic evidence which' the world at large possesses , evinces , that man was Originally formed , and from him was woman afterwards made ; the first instance bf society in its most simple state . The original expression in the Scripture , which signifies the formation of Eve , is particularly applicable to Masonry in its literal senseas it imports btiiidiiigor forming any . thing with a
, singular care , contrivance , and proportion ; and it is also observable , that our bodies , in that sacred voliime , are frequently called houses , Job . iv . 19 . —2 Cor . v . i . '—and in many other passages , which mi ght be referred to , sometimes they are denominated temples—John ii . * $ —1 Cor . iii . 16 . Many other allusions' of the following nature mi ght be quoted—Job . xxxviii . 46 . — - ' Where iyast thou when I laid
. the foundation , of the earth—declare , if thou hast understanding ? thereupon ate the foundations thereof fastened , and wlio laid the corner stone thereof ?' . To these passages , Mr . Editor , I apprehend I may be fairlyp ermitted ' -o refer as incontrovertible proofs , of the iiiiportahcc , as well as of the y ° L , ix , E
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The Freemasons' Repository.
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY .
ON ... . ¦ THE MASONIC CHARACTER . . ESSAY iii . ' Hoc sit primurA in preceptis meis ut derriohstre-mus quern imiterrtir . ' ClCSKO .
A Valuable critique Upori Mr . Hutchinson ' s work , entitled ' The Spirit of Masonry , ' attracted riiy notice in the last month ' s Review of new Publications in yi .-iir Freemasons' Repository , and naturally directed my attention rS the ingenious and elegant speculations of that gentleman , in the perusal of whose work , I think I may venture to assert with confidence , every well-informed Mason , who professes the doctrines of Christianity , must frequently admire trie
ingenuity of the author , aiid his application of the particular truths of the one profession to the general principles' of the other . Masonry deserts us when we quit the paths of Virtue : she is difficult of access , and limited to a select few , in proportion to Christianity , Which is the most easy of access , open to everyone , and ever solicitous to bring us . back from Vice . The object of bothin one point of
, view , may be considered the same ; but the means , though not inconsistent with , but rather , as Mr . Hutchinson has shewn " , . assisting each other , are as distinct as the various religious opinions df their professors . In the course df these Essays , it has been considered worthy of remark , that to study Nature in all her works , and man in society , forms
no inconsiderable portion of the real Mason ' s attention ; Oiit of the earth , the most ancient , universal , and authentic evidence which' the world at large possesses , evinces , that man was Originally formed , and from him was woman afterwards made ; the first instance bf society in its most simple state . The original expression in the Scripture , which signifies the formation of Eve , is particularly applicable to Masonry in its literal senseas it imports btiiidiiigor forming any . thing with a
, singular care , contrivance , and proportion ; and it is also observable , that our bodies , in that sacred voliime , are frequently called houses , Job . iv . 19 . —2 Cor . v . i . '—and in many other passages , which mi ght be referred to , sometimes they are denominated temples—John ii . * $ —1 Cor . iii . 16 . Many other allusions' of the following nature mi ght be quoted—Job . xxxviii . 46 . — - ' Where iyast thou when I laid
. the foundation , of the earth—declare , if thou hast understanding ? thereupon ate the foundations thereof fastened , and wlio laid the corner stone thereof ?' . To these passages , Mr . Editor , I apprehend I may be fairlyp ermitted ' -o refer as incontrovertible proofs , of the iiiiportahcc , as well as of the y ° L , ix , E