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On Freemasonry.
and very soon afterwards Shalmanezer invaded them again , and at length the whole nation were carried away captive by this monarch , and placed in Medea . Here , without shame or compunction , they joined in the idolatrous worshi p of that people ( the few remaining practisers of true reli g ion
and Masonry having taken refuge in the kingdom of Judah ) , and b y intermarriages with the nations around them , the distinctions of tribe and nation were in process of time totally obliterated . Hezekiah , the son of Ahaz , restored the worshi p of God in the kingdom of Judah , by sanctif ying the Temple ,
destroying the altars of idolatry , and purging reli g ion of those pollutions which it had contracted in the lifetime of his father . He brake in pieces the brazen serpent which Moses had set up in the wilderness , and was now converted into an object of divine worship ; and removed every vestige of idolatry throughout his dominions . B y these wise and judicious regulations , he preserved Judea for a time from the judgments which had been inflicted on Israel .
A grievous sickness with which Hezekiah was afflicted occasioned that extraordinary astronomical p henomenon , the retrograde motion of the earth about the sun . The Chaldeans , whose investigations had brought this science to a hi g h degree of perfection , were at this time harassed by Sennacherib , King of Assyria ; and being desirous to engage
the assistance of Hezekiah , in reducing the power of that monarch , made use of this preternatural occurrence as a pretext to introduce themselves into Judea . An embassy was therefore despatched to Hezekiah , to inquire into the hidden causes of this unusual appearance in the heavens ; and when the purport of their mission was
disclosedHeze-, kiah , from a princi p le of vanity , exhibited his treasures , stores , armouries , and riches . This was so displeasing to God , that he denounced , by the mouth of Isaiah the Prophet , those dreadful calamities which the Chaldeans should inflict
on the Jewish nation , by destroying their Temple , burning their city , and carrying away all the inhabitants of Judea into a long and grievous captivity . Manasseh , the son ancl successor of Hezekiah , was the most impious and wicked king that ever swayed the Jewish sceptre . The evil qualities of all his predecessors appeared
to be united in his person , to the utter exclusion of every good and virtuous propensity . He abolished all the judicious institutions of his father , annihilated the true worship , and
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry.
and very soon afterwards Shalmanezer invaded them again , and at length the whole nation were carried away captive by this monarch , and placed in Medea . Here , without shame or compunction , they joined in the idolatrous worshi p of that people ( the few remaining practisers of true reli g ion
and Masonry having taken refuge in the kingdom of Judah ) , and b y intermarriages with the nations around them , the distinctions of tribe and nation were in process of time totally obliterated . Hezekiah , the son of Ahaz , restored the worshi p of God in the kingdom of Judah , by sanctif ying the Temple ,
destroying the altars of idolatry , and purging reli g ion of those pollutions which it had contracted in the lifetime of his father . He brake in pieces the brazen serpent which Moses had set up in the wilderness , and was now converted into an object of divine worship ; and removed every vestige of idolatry throughout his dominions . B y these wise and judicious regulations , he preserved Judea for a time from the judgments which had been inflicted on Israel .
A grievous sickness with which Hezekiah was afflicted occasioned that extraordinary astronomical p henomenon , the retrograde motion of the earth about the sun . The Chaldeans , whose investigations had brought this science to a hi g h degree of perfection , were at this time harassed by Sennacherib , King of Assyria ; and being desirous to engage
the assistance of Hezekiah , in reducing the power of that monarch , made use of this preternatural occurrence as a pretext to introduce themselves into Judea . An embassy was therefore despatched to Hezekiah , to inquire into the hidden causes of this unusual appearance in the heavens ; and when the purport of their mission was
disclosedHeze-, kiah , from a princi p le of vanity , exhibited his treasures , stores , armouries , and riches . This was so displeasing to God , that he denounced , by the mouth of Isaiah the Prophet , those dreadful calamities which the Chaldeans should inflict
on the Jewish nation , by destroying their Temple , burning their city , and carrying away all the inhabitants of Judea into a long and grievous captivity . Manasseh , the son ancl successor of Hezekiah , was the most impious and wicked king that ever swayed the Jewish sceptre . The evil qualities of all his predecessors appeared
to be united in his person , to the utter exclusion of every good and virtuous propensity . He abolished all the judicious institutions of his father , annihilated the true worship , and