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History Of Masonry.
seventh opposite the entrance is arched . Before each , nich are two columns of antique yellow marble , fluted ; each of one entire block , , the finest in Rome . This grand temple , which is richly decorated , and is still in being , under the name of the Rotunda , suffered much in the destruction of Rome , by the northern invaders ; and still more by injudicious alterations and repairs , incongruous with its orginal stilewhen it converted into Christian church
, was a . ¦ It was during the reign of Augustus that the learned Vitruvius became the father of true architecture by his admirable writings . [ Before Christ 29 . 3 This imperial patron iust employed his fellowcrafts in repairing or rebuilding all the public edifices , much neglected , if not injured , during the civil wars . He also built the bridge of Arminium ; and at Romethe temple of Mars the Avengerthe
, , temple of Apollo , the great and sumptuous Forum , the palace of Augustus , with some lesser palaces ; the fine mausoleum , the accurate statue in the Capitol , the ' , curious library , the Portico , and , public walks for the people . The temples of Rome were filled with , the most costly statues ; and that of Cleopatra , of massy gold , brought from Egyptwaswith , some satirical humourlaced in the temple
, , , p of Venus . In those golden days of Augustus , the patricians following his example , built above an hundred marble palaces at Rome ,, fit for princes ; and every substantial citizen rebuilt their houses in marble ; all uniting in the same disposition of adorning Rome ; whereby nia . ny
Lodges arose and flourished of the Free and Accepted Masons ; so that Augustus , when dying , justly said , ' I found Rome built of brick , but ' Heave it built of marble ! ' Henceit is , that in the remains of antient Rome , those of his time , and of some following Emperors , are the best patterns of true Masonry extant , the epitome of old Grecian architecture , now commonly expressed by the Augustan stile ; in which are united wisdomstrengthand beauty . But before the .
, , death of Augustus , we must return into Judea ; where the highpriests of Jerusalem had been provincial grand masters under the kings of Egypt , at that time sovereigns of the Jews , till Seleucus Philopater , king of Syria , seized Judea . [ A . M . 3 821 . Before Christ 1 So . 3 Antiochus Epiphaneshis soncruellpersecuted the Jews till
, , y they were rescued by the valiant Asmonean priest Judas Maccabaeus :. for long after Zerubbabel and Jeshua the high-priest , an ordinary priest , called Asmonaeus , appeared , not of the house of Jeshua , but only of the course of Joarib , the great-grandfather of Mattathias , the brave priest of Moden and father of MaccabaetLs . For the lineal successor of Jeshua was Onias IV . ( son of Onias III .
the last good high-priest ) who , being deprived of his rig ht by the Syrian kings , went to Egypt , where he got leave to build a temple at Heliopohs , like that of Jerusalem , for the Jews in Egypt and Cyrene , who wr-re then more numerous and opulent than even those in Judea * . [ A . M . 3855 . Before Christ 149 . 3 But the Asmonreans , or-
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History Of Masonry.
seventh opposite the entrance is arched . Before each , nich are two columns of antique yellow marble , fluted ; each of one entire block , , the finest in Rome . This grand temple , which is richly decorated , and is still in being , under the name of the Rotunda , suffered much in the destruction of Rome , by the northern invaders ; and still more by injudicious alterations and repairs , incongruous with its orginal stilewhen it converted into Christian church
, was a . ¦ It was during the reign of Augustus that the learned Vitruvius became the father of true architecture by his admirable writings . [ Before Christ 29 . 3 This imperial patron iust employed his fellowcrafts in repairing or rebuilding all the public edifices , much neglected , if not injured , during the civil wars . He also built the bridge of Arminium ; and at Romethe temple of Mars the Avengerthe
, , temple of Apollo , the great and sumptuous Forum , the palace of Augustus , with some lesser palaces ; the fine mausoleum , the accurate statue in the Capitol , the ' , curious library , the Portico , and , public walks for the people . The temples of Rome were filled with , the most costly statues ; and that of Cleopatra , of massy gold , brought from Egyptwaswith , some satirical humourlaced in the temple
, , , p of Venus . In those golden days of Augustus , the patricians following his example , built above an hundred marble palaces at Rome ,, fit for princes ; and every substantial citizen rebuilt their houses in marble ; all uniting in the same disposition of adorning Rome ; whereby nia . ny
Lodges arose and flourished of the Free and Accepted Masons ; so that Augustus , when dying , justly said , ' I found Rome built of brick , but ' Heave it built of marble ! ' Henceit is , that in the remains of antient Rome , those of his time , and of some following Emperors , are the best patterns of true Masonry extant , the epitome of old Grecian architecture , now commonly expressed by the Augustan stile ; in which are united wisdomstrengthand beauty . But before the .
, , death of Augustus , we must return into Judea ; where the highpriests of Jerusalem had been provincial grand masters under the kings of Egypt , at that time sovereigns of the Jews , till Seleucus Philopater , king of Syria , seized Judea . [ A . M . 3 821 . Before Christ 1 So . 3 Antiochus Epiphaneshis soncruellpersecuted the Jews till
, , y they were rescued by the valiant Asmonean priest Judas Maccabaeus :. for long after Zerubbabel and Jeshua the high-priest , an ordinary priest , called Asmonaeus , appeared , not of the house of Jeshua , but only of the course of Joarib , the great-grandfather of Mattathias , the brave priest of Moden and father of MaccabaetLs . For the lineal successor of Jeshua was Onias IV . ( son of Onias III .
the last good high-priest ) who , being deprived of his rig ht by the Syrian kings , went to Egypt , where he got leave to build a temple at Heliopohs , like that of Jerusalem , for the Jews in Egypt and Cyrene , who wr-re then more numerous and opulent than even those in Judea * . [ A . M . 3855 . Before Christ 149 . 3 But the Asmonreans , or-