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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
considered ; let them be examined with critical exactness in all their parts , ancl then viewed as a connected whole , ancl what early prejudices soever may have been imbibed in favour of Grecian architecture , they must yield to a superior feeling of admiration and respect for the taste and execution of the Christian architect ; and produce a conviction that
his style , beyond all others , is the most suitable for the construction of temples appropriated to the worship of that Great Being , by whose all-powerful word the heavens themselves were made ; who laid the foundations of the earth , and was the Supreme Architect who p lanned and constructed the spacious universe and all that it contains .
In such a display , the triumph of Speculative and Operative Masonry united , in the hands of talented Brethren , is clearly revealed ; and the evidence promises to be as permanent in duration as time itself .
It will be unnecessary to refer in this p lace to the catalogues of Patrons and Grand Masters of Masonry during this period , because they are usually inserted in all Masonic publications , and consequently are well known . They contain the best and greatest names in all ages , both lay and ecclesiastical . But passing on to the reign of Henry VI .
we find a statute enacted condemnatory of the Order ;* prohibiting the meeting ofthe Brethren in Tyled Lodges , under the penalties attached to felony . It does not appear , however , to have been attended with any disastrous consequences to Freemasonry . The Act was procured by the influence and intrigues of the Bishop of Winchester , in the heat of
his feud with the Lord Protector , during the King ' s minority , but the latter having openly taken the Fraternity under his protection , the fulminations of the Bishop were perfectly harmless . Four years afterwards , the Latin register of William Molart , prior of Canterbury , informs us that a Lodge was held in that city A . D . 1420 under the patronage
, of Henry Chicheley , the Archbishop ; at which Thomas Stapylton was the Master ; John Morris , the Warden ; with fifteen fellow Crafts , ancl three entered Apprentices , all of whom are particularly named .
In the same reign , the manuscript first mentioned in the article inserted in this Review for March , was written by the King himself ; which Mr . Locke thought resulted from " an examination of some one of the Brotherhood ; amongst whom he entered himself , as it is said , when he came out of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
considered ; let them be examined with critical exactness in all their parts , ancl then viewed as a connected whole , ancl what early prejudices soever may have been imbibed in favour of Grecian architecture , they must yield to a superior feeling of admiration and respect for the taste and execution of the Christian architect ; and produce a conviction that
his style , beyond all others , is the most suitable for the construction of temples appropriated to the worship of that Great Being , by whose all-powerful word the heavens themselves were made ; who laid the foundations of the earth , and was the Supreme Architect who p lanned and constructed the spacious universe and all that it contains .
In such a display , the triumph of Speculative and Operative Masonry united , in the hands of talented Brethren , is clearly revealed ; and the evidence promises to be as permanent in duration as time itself .
It will be unnecessary to refer in this p lace to the catalogues of Patrons and Grand Masters of Masonry during this period , because they are usually inserted in all Masonic publications , and consequently are well known . They contain the best and greatest names in all ages , both lay and ecclesiastical . But passing on to the reign of Henry VI .
we find a statute enacted condemnatory of the Order ;* prohibiting the meeting ofthe Brethren in Tyled Lodges , under the penalties attached to felony . It does not appear , however , to have been attended with any disastrous consequences to Freemasonry . The Act was procured by the influence and intrigues of the Bishop of Winchester , in the heat of
his feud with the Lord Protector , during the King ' s minority , but the latter having openly taken the Fraternity under his protection , the fulminations of the Bishop were perfectly harmless . Four years afterwards , the Latin register of William Molart , prior of Canterbury , informs us that a Lodge was held in that city A . D . 1420 under the patronage
, of Henry Chicheley , the Archbishop ; at which Thomas Stapylton was the Master ; John Morris , the Warden ; with fifteen fellow Crafts , ancl three entered Apprentices , all of whom are particularly named .
In the same reign , the manuscript first mentioned in the article inserted in this Review for March , was written by the King himself ; which Mr . Locke thought resulted from " an examination of some one of the Brotherhood ; amongst whom he entered himself , as it is said , when he came out of