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Article THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, AND CABINET 0F UNIVERSAL LITERATURE. Page 1 of 1 Article A DEFENCE OF MASONRY, Page 1 of 4 →
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The Freemasons' Magazine, And Cabinet 0f Universal Literature.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , AND CABINET 0 F UNIVERSAL LITERATURE .
FOR AUGUST 1796 .
To the EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
so , SOMETIME about the year 1729 , a wretch , by fraud and hypocrisy , obtained admission into the Order of Freemasons ; and , almost immediately aftenvards , pretended to become an apostate , and published a Pamphlet , entitled MASONRY DISSECTED , which , he affirmed , contained the Mysteries of every Degree of . Masonry , though he himself had only , then , been initiated into the first Degree . The Pamphlet made much noise , and led many well disposed persons , by its
falshoods , to think ill of the Fraternity ; which , at length , induced Dr . Anderson ( the well known compiler of the Bool > of Constitutions ) to publish a short "Work in Defence of the Craft . . This Defence , which is the most succinct and complete work of the kind ever written , is now not only out of print , but so extremely scarce , as to be accessible to very few . your reprinting it , therefore , in your valuable Magazine , will not only aid the cause of Masonry , but much oblige many of your readers , as well as , Sir , yours , Sic . W , H , C ,
A Defence Of Masonry,
A DEFENCE OF MASONRY ,
V i PUBLISHED A . D . I" 30 . OCCASIO-TF . D BY A PAMPHLET CALLED c MASONRY DISSECTED . '
CHAP . I . A MONG the extraordinary discoveries of the present age , nothing ¦ * - ^ has been received with move delight and exultation , than a few sheets , written , it seems , without partiality , called MASONRY DIS - ^ SECTED . The GRAND SECRET , which has long withstood the batteries of temptation ; that neither money , the master key of the heart ; nor
good liquor , that unlocks the very soul ; nor hunger , that breaks through stone-walls ; nor thirst , a sore evil to a Working Mqson , could bring to li g ht ; has , at' last , been disgorged upon oath , to the great easement of a tender stomach , the eternal scandal of the Fraternity , and the good of the public , never to be forgotten I The design was no less than to disburthen a loaded conscience , to acquaint the world ,
' That never did so ridiculous an imposition appear among mankind ; and to prevent so many innocent persons being drawn into so pernicious a . society _'
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The Freemasons' Magazine, And Cabinet 0f Universal Literature.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , AND CABINET 0 F UNIVERSAL LITERATURE .
FOR AUGUST 1796 .
To the EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
so , SOMETIME about the year 1729 , a wretch , by fraud and hypocrisy , obtained admission into the Order of Freemasons ; and , almost immediately aftenvards , pretended to become an apostate , and published a Pamphlet , entitled MASONRY DISSECTED , which , he affirmed , contained the Mysteries of every Degree of . Masonry , though he himself had only , then , been initiated into the first Degree . The Pamphlet made much noise , and led many well disposed persons , by its
falshoods , to think ill of the Fraternity ; which , at length , induced Dr . Anderson ( the well known compiler of the Bool > of Constitutions ) to publish a short "Work in Defence of the Craft . . This Defence , which is the most succinct and complete work of the kind ever written , is now not only out of print , but so extremely scarce , as to be accessible to very few . your reprinting it , therefore , in your valuable Magazine , will not only aid the cause of Masonry , but much oblige many of your readers , as well as , Sir , yours , Sic . W , H , C ,
A Defence Of Masonry,
A DEFENCE OF MASONRY ,
V i PUBLISHED A . D . I" 30 . OCCASIO-TF . D BY A PAMPHLET CALLED c MASONRY DISSECTED . '
CHAP . I . A MONG the extraordinary discoveries of the present age , nothing ¦ * - ^ has been received with move delight and exultation , than a few sheets , written , it seems , without partiality , called MASONRY DIS - ^ SECTED . The GRAND SECRET , which has long withstood the batteries of temptation ; that neither money , the master key of the heart ; nor
good liquor , that unlocks the very soul ; nor hunger , that breaks through stone-walls ; nor thirst , a sore evil to a Working Mqson , could bring to li g ht ; has , at' last , been disgorged upon oath , to the great easement of a tender stomach , the eternal scandal of the Fraternity , and the good of the public , never to be forgotten I The design was no less than to disburthen a loaded conscience , to acquaint the world ,
' That never did so ridiculous an imposition appear among mankind ; and to prevent so many innocent persons being drawn into so pernicious a . society _'