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On Freemasonry.
Ahaz , King of Judah , who succeeded his father Jothani on the throne , was a prince of violent passions , and excessivel y addicted to the practice of idolatrous rites . He erected an altar to Moloch in Jerusalem , and sacrificed his son upon it , after the manner of the idolatrous Canaanites ; lie
removed the altar of God from the Temple , and p laced a Syrian altar in its p lace , and abolished the Temple-worshi p altogether . To punish him for this contempt of divine things , God brought his enemies upon him on every side . Rezin , King of Syria , and Pekin , King of Israel , formed a league for besieging Ahaz in Jerusalem , and meditated the
extirpation of the whole famil y of David , with a design of forming a new dynasty , in the person of a powerful and rebellious Jew , who was the son of Tabeal . But God could not permit the utter extinction of that famil y from which the Messiah was to spring , for his chastisement was inflicted only with the merciful' purpose of turning Ahaz from the darkness of error to tlie li g ht of truth . Isaiah was therefore directed to stimulate Ahaz to use active means for
the defence of Jerusalem , with full assurance of success ; and , blending mercy with judgment , gave him encouragement by two distinct and remarkable signs . The prophet ' was directed to take a wife , by whom a son was promised in due course of time , to be called MAHERSHALLALHASHBAZ ; and it was predicted , that before this child should be of an
age to discern good from evil , the land should be purged from the Syrians and Israelites b y the death of both their kings . The second sign related to the birth of Jesus Christ ; and they were both fulfilled within the times specified for their accomplishment . Ahaz , unconverted by the judgments impending over him , was no sooner relieved from the terrors of war , than he employed his leisure in the extirpation of the Jewish
reli g ion , and substituted idolatry as the national faith and worship . He practised all the horrible rites of heathen nations , even to the barbarous custom of offering human sacrifices . His enemies , perceiving his disinclination for war , and his total ignorance of the science of legislation , repeated their incursions . But instead of assembling his
armies with the determined purpose of driving the intruders by force from his territories , he p lundered tlie Temple of vast quantities of its remaining treasures , and sent presents to Ti glath Pileser , King of Assyria , for the purpose of securing his assistance . This monarch , foreseeing the be-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry.
Ahaz , King of Judah , who succeeded his father Jothani on the throne , was a prince of violent passions , and excessivel y addicted to the practice of idolatrous rites . He erected an altar to Moloch in Jerusalem , and sacrificed his son upon it , after the manner of the idolatrous Canaanites ; lie
removed the altar of God from the Temple , and p laced a Syrian altar in its p lace , and abolished the Temple-worshi p altogether . To punish him for this contempt of divine things , God brought his enemies upon him on every side . Rezin , King of Syria , and Pekin , King of Israel , formed a league for besieging Ahaz in Jerusalem , and meditated the
extirpation of the whole famil y of David , with a design of forming a new dynasty , in the person of a powerful and rebellious Jew , who was the son of Tabeal . But God could not permit the utter extinction of that famil y from which the Messiah was to spring , for his chastisement was inflicted only with the merciful' purpose of turning Ahaz from the darkness of error to tlie li g ht of truth . Isaiah was therefore directed to stimulate Ahaz to use active means for
the defence of Jerusalem , with full assurance of success ; and , blending mercy with judgment , gave him encouragement by two distinct and remarkable signs . The prophet ' was directed to take a wife , by whom a son was promised in due course of time , to be called MAHERSHALLALHASHBAZ ; and it was predicted , that before this child should be of an
age to discern good from evil , the land should be purged from the Syrians and Israelites b y the death of both their kings . The second sign related to the birth of Jesus Christ ; and they were both fulfilled within the times specified for their accomplishment . Ahaz , unconverted by the judgments impending over him , was no sooner relieved from the terrors of war , than he employed his leisure in the extirpation of the Jewish
reli g ion , and substituted idolatry as the national faith and worship . He practised all the horrible rites of heathen nations , even to the barbarous custom of offering human sacrifices . His enemies , perceiving his disinclination for war , and his total ignorance of the science of legislation , repeated their incursions . But instead of assembling his
armies with the determined purpose of driving the intruders by force from his territories , he p lundered tlie Temple of vast quantities of its remaining treasures , and sent presents to Ti glath Pileser , King of Assyria , for the purpose of securing his assistance . This monarch , foreseeing the be-