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The Freemasons' Magazine, And Cabinet Of Universal Literature .
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE .
FOR AUGUST 1796 . ^> w /^/^ 'y / A £ « # > ' 43 ^ L <^^ .
, EXTRACTS FROM A SERMON , PREACHED BEFORE THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF KENT ,. AT DAKTFOUD , MAY I 6 , I 79 6 . BY THE REV . JETHRO IN WOOD , P . G . C . CURATE OF ST . PAUL ' S , DEPTFOKD , AND MASTER OF THE KECTOKY HOUSE ACAD-EMY .
THE text of this well-timed and JUDICIOUS exhortation is from Romans , xiv . 16 . ' Let not , then , your good be evil spoken of . ' ' It is thought a very wise conclusion with some , ' says this Reverend Brother , ' that there is no secret in Masonry ; because , after so many men of different characters , abilities , and dispositions , have entered into the union , we yet boast our secret undiscovered to all but
Masons . How far this wise conclusion will hold good , to prove that there really is no secretin the Royal Art , 1 shall leave to common sense to decide , without any attempt either to refute or assert the contrary . Others , still less charitable than the former are wise , are fully persuaded , and , therefore , positively assert , it , that the secret must be most deplorably wicked , or it would be" even our dut y ,
according to our great professions of good-will to men , to discover it to the world : but this assertion , without my assistance , will easily refute itself ; and , I hope , my Brethren , all our Masonic conduct adds refutation to it . For 1 would ask , what society , whose bands of union were bands of wickedness , would always choose the good and the virtuous only , to add to its numbers . ' ' Surely the wicked most
generally choose the wicked for their companions ; and for this very reason , that they may avoid the pain of a conscious blush , in the discovery of their iniquity . But in Masonry it is quire the contrary ; and none , if known , but the virtuous , the honest , and the good , can , according to thelavvs of Masonry , be admitted amongst us . ' Methinks , upon this assertion , we receive from the world , who are not yet Masons , a question for our consideration ; and , however VOL , VII , U
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine, And Cabinet Of Universal Literature .
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE .
FOR AUGUST 1796 . ^> w /^/^ 'y / A £ « # > ' 43 ^ L <^^ .
, EXTRACTS FROM A SERMON , PREACHED BEFORE THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF KENT ,. AT DAKTFOUD , MAY I 6 , I 79 6 . BY THE REV . JETHRO IN WOOD , P . G . C . CURATE OF ST . PAUL ' S , DEPTFOKD , AND MASTER OF THE KECTOKY HOUSE ACAD-EMY .
THE text of this well-timed and JUDICIOUS exhortation is from Romans , xiv . 16 . ' Let not , then , your good be evil spoken of . ' ' It is thought a very wise conclusion with some , ' says this Reverend Brother , ' that there is no secret in Masonry ; because , after so many men of different characters , abilities , and dispositions , have entered into the union , we yet boast our secret undiscovered to all but
Masons . How far this wise conclusion will hold good , to prove that there really is no secretin the Royal Art , 1 shall leave to common sense to decide , without any attempt either to refute or assert the contrary . Others , still less charitable than the former are wise , are fully persuaded , and , therefore , positively assert , it , that the secret must be most deplorably wicked , or it would be" even our dut y ,
according to our great professions of good-will to men , to discover it to the world : but this assertion , without my assistance , will easily refute itself ; and , I hope , my Brethren , all our Masonic conduct adds refutation to it . For 1 would ask , what society , whose bands of union were bands of wickedness , would always choose the good and the virtuous only , to add to its numbers . ' ' Surely the wicked most
generally choose the wicked for their companions ; and for this very reason , that they may avoid the pain of a conscious blush , in the discovery of their iniquity . But in Masonry it is quire the contrary ; and none , if known , but the virtuous , the honest , and the good , can , according to thelavvs of Masonry , be admitted amongst us . ' Methinks , upon this assertion , we receive from the world , who are not yet Masons , a question for our consideration ; and , however VOL , VII , U