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Article THE FREEMASONS' LEXICON. ← Page 6 of 9 →
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.
Yet let no high officer of the state or very rich person thinks that he has shewn sufficient equality when he allows a person of an inferior rank to approach him covered . He who giveth his hat in pledge for anything , pledges much . * Jacob der Zwete .-3 a . mes II ., king of Scotland , died in France , 16 th September , 1701 , distinguished himself much in Freemasonry . At the death of his brotherCharles ILas the onlremaining Stuarthe
, , y , ascended the English throne in 1685 . He was zealously attached to the Roman Catholic religion , and neglected the rights of the nation ; the consequence of which was that the Protestants of England called on James ' s son-in-law , William , Prince of Orange , for assistance . He landed with a body of troops , and James II . fled to France . Many Scotchmen afterwards followed him , and thus introduced Freemasonry into France ; but neither these Scotchmen nor Louis XIV ., king of
France , could re-establish him nor his son upon the English throne . Jucobsleiter . Jacob ' s ladder . —Either resting upon the floor-cloth or upon the Bible : the compasses and the square should lead the thoughts of tbe Brethren to heaven . If we find it has many staves or rounds , they represent as many moral and religious duties . If it has only three , they should represent Faith , Hope , and Charity . Draw Faith , Hope , and Charity from the Biblewith these three encircle the whole earthand
; , order all thy actions by the square of truth , so shall the heavens be opened unto thee . Jahr Maurerisehes . Masonic year Freemasons date their year according to the Mosaic chronology , or from the creation of the world , thus four thousand years more than the common calendar shows . The
Masonic year does not commence on the 1 st January , but on the 24 th June . But this way of reckoning is only usual in the writings ofthe Order . Ibis . —An Egyptian waterfowl of the stork species , was on account of its usefulness in destroying snakes , frogs , lizards , & c , worshipped by the ancient Egyptians as a god , and thus often appears in the ancient mysteries . The Egyptians also adopted the Ibis as a symbol of the greatest wisdom . Jesuiten . Jesuits . —Freemasonry has been said to be derived from
the Jesuits . They were founded by Ignatz von Loyala , 1539 . Pope Paul III . confirmed them in their privileges , 1540 . Pope Clement XIV . abolished them in 1773 ; and Pope Pius VII . renewed them in 1814 . The Jesuits adopted many masks from the commencement of their order up to their first abolishment ; and we may well admit that manv of them mav have used Freemasonrv as a mark also . But that
Freemasonry was ever concealed under the mask of Jesuitism , or that it derived its existence from that source , is proved by history to be a falsehood . Just at the time that Jesuitism flourished most , Clement XII . and Benedict XIV . laid Freemasonry under the ban of excommunication . Would the Jesuits not have laboured against the publishing of this ban if Freemasonry had been so nearly related to them , when they could lish so much in court ? In the 1733 tbe
accomp every year , first Popish excommunication against Freemasonry was published ; and soon after , 1735 , the Clementish system was known , in which there is said to be so much Jesuitism . Should Benedict XIV . not have known this in 1751 , when he published the second bull against Freemasonry ? If he possessed this knowledge , would not Jesuitism also have been
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Lexicon.
Yet let no high officer of the state or very rich person thinks that he has shewn sufficient equality when he allows a person of an inferior rank to approach him covered . He who giveth his hat in pledge for anything , pledges much . * Jacob der Zwete .-3 a . mes II ., king of Scotland , died in France , 16 th September , 1701 , distinguished himself much in Freemasonry . At the death of his brotherCharles ILas the onlremaining Stuarthe
, , y , ascended the English throne in 1685 . He was zealously attached to the Roman Catholic religion , and neglected the rights of the nation ; the consequence of which was that the Protestants of England called on James ' s son-in-law , William , Prince of Orange , for assistance . He landed with a body of troops , and James II . fled to France . Many Scotchmen afterwards followed him , and thus introduced Freemasonry into France ; but neither these Scotchmen nor Louis XIV ., king of
France , could re-establish him nor his son upon the English throne . Jucobsleiter . Jacob ' s ladder . —Either resting upon the floor-cloth or upon the Bible : the compasses and the square should lead the thoughts of tbe Brethren to heaven . If we find it has many staves or rounds , they represent as many moral and religious duties . If it has only three , they should represent Faith , Hope , and Charity . Draw Faith , Hope , and Charity from the Biblewith these three encircle the whole earthand
; , order all thy actions by the square of truth , so shall the heavens be opened unto thee . Jahr Maurerisehes . Masonic year Freemasons date their year according to the Mosaic chronology , or from the creation of the world , thus four thousand years more than the common calendar shows . The
Masonic year does not commence on the 1 st January , but on the 24 th June . But this way of reckoning is only usual in the writings ofthe Order . Ibis . —An Egyptian waterfowl of the stork species , was on account of its usefulness in destroying snakes , frogs , lizards , & c , worshipped by the ancient Egyptians as a god , and thus often appears in the ancient mysteries . The Egyptians also adopted the Ibis as a symbol of the greatest wisdom . Jesuiten . Jesuits . —Freemasonry has been said to be derived from
the Jesuits . They were founded by Ignatz von Loyala , 1539 . Pope Paul III . confirmed them in their privileges , 1540 . Pope Clement XIV . abolished them in 1773 ; and Pope Pius VII . renewed them in 1814 . The Jesuits adopted many masks from the commencement of their order up to their first abolishment ; and we may well admit that manv of them mav have used Freemasonrv as a mark also . But that
Freemasonry was ever concealed under the mask of Jesuitism , or that it derived its existence from that source , is proved by history to be a falsehood . Just at the time that Jesuitism flourished most , Clement XII . and Benedict XIV . laid Freemasonry under the ban of excommunication . Would the Jesuits not have laboured against the publishing of this ban if Freemasonry had been so nearly related to them , when they could lish so much in court ? In the 1733 tbe
accomp every year , first Popish excommunication against Freemasonry was published ; and soon after , 1735 , the Clementish system was known , in which there is said to be so much Jesuitism . Should Benedict XIV . not have known this in 1751 , when he published the second bull against Freemasonry ? If he possessed this knowledge , would not Jesuitism also have been