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History Of Masonry.
in the east , and the porch in the west , through which was the passage leading to both , were finished at an amazing cost , in the short space of one year and six months , and the rest designed by Herod , in eight years more ; when the fraternity celebrated the cape-stone with great joy , and in due form ; and the king solemnized its dedication with extraordinary pomp : for the day appointed for it , falling in with the anniversary of his accession to the Jewish crown , augmented the solemnity . [ Before Christ 7 . 3
A great number of masons -were continued at work for the carrying on the out-buildings , all the time of our Saviour ' s being here on earth , and for some years after , till the coming of Gefius Florus to be governor of Judea ; who caused 18 , 000 masons to be discharged at one time , which gave great offence to the Jews . This was , perhaps , one cause of those mutinies and seditions which at last drew on the destruction of Jerusalemand the temple with it ; for it seems
, unjust to charge the masons with being the fomenters of those disturbances , for want of employment , when all the Jews looked upon this behaviour of the Roman governor as levelled not onl y against * their temple , but their worship also . Josephus * describes the temple of Herod , as a most magnificent fabric of marbleset off with the greatest profusion of costly
deco-, rations , and the finest building upon earth , since the days ' of Solomon ; being much larger than the temple of Zerubbabel , beside the advantage of the Grecian stile , and the Corinthian order of architecture with all its later improvements . It was not compleatly finished , in all its apartments , till about six years before it was destroyed . [ A . D . 64 . 3
It was in the 26 th year of the reign of Augustus , when , after the conquest of Egypt , the temple of Janus was shut , as an intimation that all the Roman empire was in peace , the Word was made flesh , or the Lord JESUS CHRIST Immanuel was born , the Great Architect or Grand Master of the Christian church . After Solomon ' s death 971 In the year of the Julian period 4710
In the year of Rome 745 In the year of Masonry 4000 In the year of Herod 34 Before the Christian aira f 4 King Herod died a few months after the birth of Christ , and , notwithstanding his vast expence in masonry , he died rich . During the long reign of Augustus , the craft was well cultivated : worthy craftsmen were every where employed and encouraged , as well in Europe as in Asia , till his death , which happened at Nola , in Campania , after a glorious reign of forty-four years .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
History Of Masonry.
in the east , and the porch in the west , through which was the passage leading to both , were finished at an amazing cost , in the short space of one year and six months , and the rest designed by Herod , in eight years more ; when the fraternity celebrated the cape-stone with great joy , and in due form ; and the king solemnized its dedication with extraordinary pomp : for the day appointed for it , falling in with the anniversary of his accession to the Jewish crown , augmented the solemnity . [ Before Christ 7 . 3
A great number of masons -were continued at work for the carrying on the out-buildings , all the time of our Saviour ' s being here on earth , and for some years after , till the coming of Gefius Florus to be governor of Judea ; who caused 18 , 000 masons to be discharged at one time , which gave great offence to the Jews . This was , perhaps , one cause of those mutinies and seditions which at last drew on the destruction of Jerusalemand the temple with it ; for it seems
, unjust to charge the masons with being the fomenters of those disturbances , for want of employment , when all the Jews looked upon this behaviour of the Roman governor as levelled not onl y against * their temple , but their worship also . Josephus * describes the temple of Herod , as a most magnificent fabric of marbleset off with the greatest profusion of costly
deco-, rations , and the finest building upon earth , since the days ' of Solomon ; being much larger than the temple of Zerubbabel , beside the advantage of the Grecian stile , and the Corinthian order of architecture with all its later improvements . It was not compleatly finished , in all its apartments , till about six years before it was destroyed . [ A . D . 64 . 3
It was in the 26 th year of the reign of Augustus , when , after the conquest of Egypt , the temple of Janus was shut , as an intimation that all the Roman empire was in peace , the Word was made flesh , or the Lord JESUS CHRIST Immanuel was born , the Great Architect or Grand Master of the Christian church . After Solomon ' s death 971 In the year of the Julian period 4710
In the year of Rome 745 In the year of Masonry 4000 In the year of Herod 34 Before the Christian aira f 4 King Herod died a few months after the birth of Christ , and , notwithstanding his vast expence in masonry , he died rich . During the long reign of Augustus , the craft was well cultivated : worthy craftsmen were every where employed and encouraged , as well in Europe as in Asia , till his death , which happened at Nola , in Campania , after a glorious reign of forty-four years .