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Article THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. ← Page 4 of 5 →
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The Freemasons' Repository.
snare . Ftiey . requentl y abuse their advantages . Pride and hau-hty oehavtotiron their part rankle in the breasts , and affect the tempers of their inferiors alread y fretted by the hardshi ps of their own condition . — tne nc . i also are luxurious ; aud are often needy . Grasping at every mean of gratification , M , are inattentive to die rights of in . fenors wiiomtucy despseanddespising
., , , oppress . Perhaps their . own fUpenont y has ueen acquired b y injustice . Perhaps most sovereignties have been acquired- b y oppression . Princes and Rulers are I ? UL men ; as stic . r , t . iey- abuse many of their greatest blessings Observing that religious hopes make the good resigned under the 7t V an ' Jthat its terrors frequently restrato
h ' T ' - th , Md , they avail themselves of these observations , and support religion . as a .. . engine of state , and mean of their own security . ' But they are not contented- wtth its real advantages ; and they are much more a ra . d ' ol the resentment and the crimes ' of the offended nmflW *
turn or . tlie murmurs of . the suffering worthy . Therefore thevencourage s . ipcrstition ,, and call to their aid the vices of the priesthood Ine prists are . men of hke passions as other men , and it is no -round "SnHorV ; ltthCy : ' fVeqi , e"fly ^ ieId to "' e-temptaSons of taeu situation . I hey are encouraged to the indulgence of the love of-,,, ! lue . nce nS , ur ; , l- to all men , and they-heap terror upon terror , to subdue the mnnls i men and & rken their unders
, . tandings . Thus , the not honourable „ f a . l . employments , the moral instruction ofthe star ,, , . s degraded , to a vile , trade , and is . prated- with- all the deceit fiff ^ l 7 r , e '' ride , aiKl reiigi ° ' fVom bd « S the ^ i ¦ \ h \ , t , , ' ° f ° y ^ c »^ its greatest disgrace and curse , \\ hen a nation has fallen into tins lamentable state "
, it fs extremely onnctik to reform , ,, 1-hough , nothing would so immediately mul so completely remove all ground of complaint , as the re-establishing " pnvate . vir ue , this is of all others the- leist likel y to bladojted T I lly worthy , who see the mischief where it actually is , but who view tli .. vhfe as tne sc .-iool of improvement , and know that man is-to be made perfect throug h suffering , are the last persons to nnm „ hl % ! are the most
^ unless discontented , the most noisy in their complaints , and the least scrupulous about the mean ., of redress . ' Not to mprove . the nation , but to advance themselves , they turn thcir ' atten tion-to the abuses of poweraud influence . And they K thdr S whjrj they think the place most defenceless , and whefe perh P ' s h y expect assistance from a discontented garrison . They attack suner
Mi , u . It is not , perhaps , with any direct intention to ruin the stall " Iu merely 0 obtain indul gence for themselves and the co-operation the wealthy J hey . expeCt to be listened to by many who wish foe t e same indul gence : and thus it is that reli gious , f ee-thinki . I i"J generall y the hrsfsrep of anarch y and revolution ? For in a corr Sed ate , persons of all ranks have the licentious wi h
same s nd f ^ persuttou . s tear be reall y an ingredient ofthe lH , mat . tnind , itequire somestruggetoshake-itcff Nothing is so , effectual as mt E W 7 ™ "' ' '" ^ '' efore all , jojn . against priestcralf ; - even S » yi . ¦ AII BU ¦ ¦ . *
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Repository.
snare . Ftiey . requentl y abuse their advantages . Pride and hau-hty oehavtotiron their part rankle in the breasts , and affect the tempers of their inferiors alread y fretted by the hardshi ps of their own condition . — tne nc . i also are luxurious ; aud are often needy . Grasping at every mean of gratification , M , are inattentive to die rights of in . fenors wiiomtucy despseanddespising
., , , oppress . Perhaps their . own fUpenont y has ueen acquired b y injustice . Perhaps most sovereignties have been acquired- b y oppression . Princes and Rulers are I ? UL men ; as stic . r , t . iey- abuse many of their greatest blessings Observing that religious hopes make the good resigned under the 7t V an ' Jthat its terrors frequently restrato
h ' T ' - th , Md , they avail themselves of these observations , and support religion . as a .. . engine of state , and mean of their own security . ' But they are not contented- wtth its real advantages ; and they are much more a ra . d ' ol the resentment and the crimes ' of the offended nmflW *
turn or . tlie murmurs of . the suffering worthy . Therefore thevencourage s . ipcrstition ,, and call to their aid the vices of the priesthood Ine prists are . men of hke passions as other men , and it is no -round "SnHorV ; ltthCy : ' fVeqi , e"fly ^ ieId to "' e-temptaSons of taeu situation . I hey are encouraged to the indulgence of the love of-,,, ! lue . nce nS , ur ; , l- to all men , and they-heap terror upon terror , to subdue the mnnls i men and & rken their unders
, . tandings . Thus , the not honourable „ f a . l . employments , the moral instruction ofthe star ,, , . s degraded , to a vile , trade , and is . prated- with- all the deceit fiff ^ l 7 r , e '' ride , aiKl reiigi ° ' fVom bd « S the ^ i ¦ \ h \ , t , , ' ° f ° y ^ c »^ its greatest disgrace and curse , \\ hen a nation has fallen into tins lamentable state "
, it fs extremely onnctik to reform , ,, 1-hough , nothing would so immediately mul so completely remove all ground of complaint , as the re-establishing " pnvate . vir ue , this is of all others the- leist likel y to bladojted T I lly worthy , who see the mischief where it actually is , but who view tli .. vhfe as tne sc .-iool of improvement , and know that man is-to be made perfect throug h suffering , are the last persons to nnm „ hl % ! are the most
^ unless discontented , the most noisy in their complaints , and the least scrupulous about the mean ., of redress . ' Not to mprove . the nation , but to advance themselves , they turn thcir ' atten tion-to the abuses of poweraud influence . And they K thdr S whjrj they think the place most defenceless , and whefe perh P ' s h y expect assistance from a discontented garrison . They attack suner
Mi , u . It is not , perhaps , with any direct intention to ruin the stall " Iu merely 0 obtain indul gence for themselves and the co-operation the wealthy J hey . expeCt to be listened to by many who wish foe t e same indul gence : and thus it is that reli gious , f ee-thinki . I i"J generall y the hrsfsrep of anarch y and revolution ? For in a corr Sed ate , persons of all ranks have the licentious wi h
same s nd f ^ persuttou . s tear be reall y an ingredient ofthe lH , mat . tnind , itequire somestruggetoshake-itcff Nothing is so , effectual as mt E W 7 ™ "' ' '" ^ '' efore all , jojn . against priestcralf ; - even S » yi . ¦ AII BU ¦ ¦ . *