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On Freemasonry.
by diem , and cultivated only by the line of Seth , the son of Adam , who received it from his father , and practised it in all its beauty and truth . From a knowledge of the true God , this virtuous race proceeded to investigate his attributes ; of these the celestial
orbs appeared the most prominent . They were contemplated in . solitude and silence , their positions gradually defined , their transits observed ; and thus the sublime science of astronomy had birth . Seth continued to preside over the craft until the time of Enoch , whom he installs shortly
before his death grand superintendent , and died happy in leaving the science under the direction of so excellent a master . The degeneracy of mankind increasing from the union of the lines of Cain and Seth , whieh even the authority of Adam was unable to restrain , God communicated to
Enoch the knowledge that they would eventually become so wicked as to compel him to destroy the world . From this information he formed his plans for preserving the knowledge of the sacred science , amidst the devastation necessarily attending the predicted calamity . The
mysteries committed by Seth to his charge occupied his most anxious consideration ; being inspired by the Great Architect of the Universe , and in commemoration of a vision on the holy mountain , he built a temple in the bowels of the « arth , the entrance to which was through nine porches ,
each supported by a pair of pillars , and curiously concealed from human observation . Enoch , Jared , and Methuselah , were the three who constructed this subterranean structure ; but the two latter were not acquainted with the secret motives which inspired Enoch to this purpose : it was formed in the depths of a mountain afterwards called Calvary , in the land of Canaan , and dedicated to the living God . Enoch
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On Freemasonry.
by diem , and cultivated only by the line of Seth , the son of Adam , who received it from his father , and practised it in all its beauty and truth . From a knowledge of the true God , this virtuous race proceeded to investigate his attributes ; of these the celestial
orbs appeared the most prominent . They were contemplated in . solitude and silence , their positions gradually defined , their transits observed ; and thus the sublime science of astronomy had birth . Seth continued to preside over the craft until the time of Enoch , whom he installs shortly
before his death grand superintendent , and died happy in leaving the science under the direction of so excellent a master . The degeneracy of mankind increasing from the union of the lines of Cain and Seth , whieh even the authority of Adam was unable to restrain , God communicated to
Enoch the knowledge that they would eventually become so wicked as to compel him to destroy the world . From this information he formed his plans for preserving the knowledge of the sacred science , amidst the devastation necessarily attending the predicted calamity . The
mysteries committed by Seth to his charge occupied his most anxious consideration ; being inspired by the Great Architect of the Universe , and in commemoration of a vision on the holy mountain , he built a temple in the bowels of the « arth , the entrance to which was through nine porches ,
each supported by a pair of pillars , and curiously concealed from human observation . Enoch , Jared , and Methuselah , were the three who constructed this subterranean structure ; but the two latter were not acquainted with the secret motives which inspired Enoch to this purpose : it was formed in the depths of a mountain afterwards called Calvary , in the land of Canaan , and dedicated to the living God . Enoch