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On Masonic Number.
by the Almi ghty to compass the city seven days , and on the seventh , to proceed round it seven times , when the walls should fall into ruin . Solomon was seven years building the temple ; which was dedicated in the seventh month , and the public festival lasted seven days . The punishment of Nebuchadnezzar wasthat he should be banished seven
, years from human society . The whole machinery of the Apocalypse is conducted on precisely the same principle . The Iconisms are almost all septenary . Here the first person in the sacred Trinity is represented under the figure of a g lorious Being clothed with surpassing brilliancy , seated on a throne encircled by a rainbow , and
receiving from the assembl y of saints a most profound adoration , in which they ascribe to Him seven degrees of beatitude . He is attended by four beasts full of eyes , emblematical of
tneir perfect knowled ge of ALL things , past , present , and to come ; for the number four signified universality amongst the Cabalists , ancl it formed the hol y Tetragrammaton of the Jews * . The second person is described as a majestic and venerable personage , standing in the midst of seven golden candlesticks , ancl holding in his hand seven stars , the
emblems of li ght and revelation ; and , in another p lace , as a lamb that hacl been slain , having seven horns and seven eyes , symbols of universal power and knowledge , and receiving from the heavenl y host a loud acknowledgment of seven potencies . And the third person is described as seven lamps of fire , which are the seven . Sirits of God . Again
p , the Apocalypse contains seven synchronisms which were preceded by a succession of woes , addressed to seven churches , recorded in a book with seven seals , denounced b y seven angels to the sound of seven trumpets , and revealed b y seven thunders or oracular voices . The wrath of God
against the idolatrous world is let loose by seven angels , having seven plagues inclosed in seven golden vials . Idolatry is represented under the figure of a scarlet coloured beast , having seven heads ; and seven idolatrous kings , or seven forms of polytheism , are pointed out for destruction f . NINE . A number whose properties are infinite and indeprivable .
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On Masonic Number.
by the Almi ghty to compass the city seven days , and on the seventh , to proceed round it seven times , when the walls should fall into ruin . Solomon was seven years building the temple ; which was dedicated in the seventh month , and the public festival lasted seven days . The punishment of Nebuchadnezzar wasthat he should be banished seven
, years from human society . The whole machinery of the Apocalypse is conducted on precisely the same principle . The Iconisms are almost all septenary . Here the first person in the sacred Trinity is represented under the figure of a g lorious Being clothed with surpassing brilliancy , seated on a throne encircled by a rainbow , and
receiving from the assembl y of saints a most profound adoration , in which they ascribe to Him seven degrees of beatitude . He is attended by four beasts full of eyes , emblematical of
tneir perfect knowled ge of ALL things , past , present , and to come ; for the number four signified universality amongst the Cabalists , ancl it formed the hol y Tetragrammaton of the Jews * . The second person is described as a majestic and venerable personage , standing in the midst of seven golden candlesticks , ancl holding in his hand seven stars , the
emblems of li ght and revelation ; and , in another p lace , as a lamb that hacl been slain , having seven horns and seven eyes , symbols of universal power and knowledge , and receiving from the heavenl y host a loud acknowledgment of seven potencies . And the third person is described as seven lamps of fire , which are the seven . Sirits of God . Again
p , the Apocalypse contains seven synchronisms which were preceded by a succession of woes , addressed to seven churches , recorded in a book with seven seals , denounced b y seven angels to the sound of seven trumpets , and revealed b y seven thunders or oracular voices . The wrath of God
against the idolatrous world is let loose by seven angels , having seven plagues inclosed in seven golden vials . Idolatry is represented under the figure of a scarlet coloured beast , having seven heads ; and seven idolatrous kings , or seven forms of polytheism , are pointed out for destruction f . NINE . A number whose properties are infinite and indeprivable .