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On Freemasonry.
nefits to be derived from the favourable issue of the contest , promised his aid . He gave battle to the Syrians , and totally routed them , with the destruction of their whole army , and added the kingdom of Damascus to his own dominions . Then attacking the Israelites , he succeeded in wresting
from them many valuable possessions , which so weakened them that they were never again able to make head against their enemies . Flushed with these victories , Tig lath Pileser marched against Judaii for the avowed purpose of extorting more treasure from Ahaz , under the pretence of remunerating himself for the expenses he had incurred in the prosecution of these successful expeditions , undertaken on the behalf of the Jewish people . Ahaz again rifled the
Temple of its most valuable ornaments to conciliate the friendship of a warrior , whose successful valour excited in his breast a high degree of just apprehension ; and Tiglath Pileser returned to Damascus , impressed with a most contemptible idea of Ahaz , both as a prince and a soldier . This sentiment in the Assyrian monarch soon broke forth
into action ; for tlie next year he seized Elath , a seaport town -on tlie Red Sea , in the possession of the Jews , through which all die South Sea traffic had been carried on by David , Solomon , and their successors , whence they derived their immense wealth ; thus transferring this inexhaustible source of riches from the Jews to the Assyrians—a blow which rendered the future ruin of the Jewish nation
inevitable . Ahaz now shut up the Temple of the Lord entirely , and extirpated its worship , having set up altars throughout Jerusalem in imitation of the Syrian idolatry ; and at length dying in his iniquities , his memory was so odious to the nation , that he was refused interment in the royal sepulchre
of his ancestors . Shalmanezer , the son of Tiglath Pileser , imposed a tribute on the King of Israel , and took away the golden calf at Bethel ; the other , at Dan , having been removed some years before by Tiglath Pileser himself . Hoshea , thus divested of his gods , knew not what reliion to pursueand
g , therefore suffered his subjects to keep the Passover ; but fearing at length that this custom mi ght ultimately alienate their affections , he established pompous sacrifices in his own nation , consisting of human victims , and attended with mysterious rites and ceremonies . For this increased wickedness the Lord threatened the Israelites with extermination ;
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry.
nefits to be derived from the favourable issue of the contest , promised his aid . He gave battle to the Syrians , and totally routed them , with the destruction of their whole army , and added the kingdom of Damascus to his own dominions . Then attacking the Israelites , he succeeded in wresting
from them many valuable possessions , which so weakened them that they were never again able to make head against their enemies . Flushed with these victories , Tig lath Pileser marched against Judaii for the avowed purpose of extorting more treasure from Ahaz , under the pretence of remunerating himself for the expenses he had incurred in the prosecution of these successful expeditions , undertaken on the behalf of the Jewish people . Ahaz again rifled the
Temple of its most valuable ornaments to conciliate the friendship of a warrior , whose successful valour excited in his breast a high degree of just apprehension ; and Tiglath Pileser returned to Damascus , impressed with a most contemptible idea of Ahaz , both as a prince and a soldier . This sentiment in the Assyrian monarch soon broke forth
into action ; for tlie next year he seized Elath , a seaport town -on tlie Red Sea , in the possession of the Jews , through which all die South Sea traffic had been carried on by David , Solomon , and their successors , whence they derived their immense wealth ; thus transferring this inexhaustible source of riches from the Jews to the Assyrians—a blow which rendered the future ruin of the Jewish nation
inevitable . Ahaz now shut up the Temple of the Lord entirely , and extirpated its worship , having set up altars throughout Jerusalem in imitation of the Syrian idolatry ; and at length dying in his iniquities , his memory was so odious to the nation , that he was refused interment in the royal sepulchre
of his ancestors . Shalmanezer , the son of Tiglath Pileser , imposed a tribute on the King of Israel , and took away the golden calf at Bethel ; the other , at Dan , having been removed some years before by Tiglath Pileser himself . Hoshea , thus divested of his gods , knew not what reliion to pursueand
g , therefore suffered his subjects to keep the Passover ; but fearing at length that this custom mi ght ultimately alienate their affections , he established pompous sacrifices in his own nation , consisting of human victims , and attended with mysterious rites and ceremonies . For this increased wickedness the Lord threatened the Israelites with extermination ;