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On Freemasonry.
itself underwent a change ; that sacrifice was necessary to appease the offended Gods ; that there was an Evil Spirit continually endeavouring to injure man and thwart the designs of the Good Spirit , but that he should at last be finally subdued , ancl universal happiness restored , through the inof the
tercession of a Mediator ; that the life man , during first ages ofthe world , was of great length ; that there were ten generations previous to the general deluge ; that only eig ht persons were saved out of the flood in an ark , by the interposition of the Deity : these ancl many other similar inions related to have been prevalent in the
op are ancient world by Egyptian , Phoenician , Greek , and Roman authors ; and it is no small satisfaction to the friends of revealed Relig ion , that this argument has lately received great additional strength from the discovery of an almost universal corresponding tradition , traced up among the nations whose records have been the best preserved , to times
even prior to the age of Moses . " I shall undertake to prove that this knowledge was preserved and transmitted in the ineffable degrees connected with the Mysteries . And the enquiry will embrace a wide range , ancl bring into view many rites and ordinances which were used in those secret institutions ; displaying their plain and
and obvious meaning , as well as their mysterious mythological signification . The process cannot fail to prove hio-hl y interesting to the scientific Freemason , because many particulars will " inevitably arise which may prove to be of considerable importance towards elucidating our own ceremonies : ancl the whole will be verified by an extensive
reference to classical literature . I am persuaded that each of the ceremonies made use of in the Mysteries , was a perverted or mythological transcript of some primitive truth . The course which I propose to take therefore , in the management of this subject will embrace many essential particulars , all tending to prove that embodied
in the spurious Freemasonry of ancient times was a series of legends which , under the direction of Providence , embraced many prominent circumstances which related to the establishment of Christianity ; each accompanied by its appropriate symbol , and preserved by commemorative rites ; although the application was erroneous , and the meaning imperfectly understood . A minute examination of all the points connected with this enquiry will show , that the Great Truths connected with the salvation of man through the
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On Freemasonry.
itself underwent a change ; that sacrifice was necessary to appease the offended Gods ; that there was an Evil Spirit continually endeavouring to injure man and thwart the designs of the Good Spirit , but that he should at last be finally subdued , ancl universal happiness restored , through the inof the
tercession of a Mediator ; that the life man , during first ages ofthe world , was of great length ; that there were ten generations previous to the general deluge ; that only eig ht persons were saved out of the flood in an ark , by the interposition of the Deity : these ancl many other similar inions related to have been prevalent in the
op are ancient world by Egyptian , Phoenician , Greek , and Roman authors ; and it is no small satisfaction to the friends of revealed Relig ion , that this argument has lately received great additional strength from the discovery of an almost universal corresponding tradition , traced up among the nations whose records have been the best preserved , to times
even prior to the age of Moses . " I shall undertake to prove that this knowledge was preserved and transmitted in the ineffable degrees connected with the Mysteries . And the enquiry will embrace a wide range , ancl bring into view many rites and ordinances which were used in those secret institutions ; displaying their plain and
and obvious meaning , as well as their mysterious mythological signification . The process cannot fail to prove hio-hl y interesting to the scientific Freemason , because many particulars will " inevitably arise which may prove to be of considerable importance towards elucidating our own ceremonies : ancl the whole will be verified by an extensive
reference to classical literature . I am persuaded that each of the ceremonies made use of in the Mysteries , was a perverted or mythological transcript of some primitive truth . The course which I propose to take therefore , in the management of this subject will embrace many essential particulars , all tending to prove that embodied
in the spurious Freemasonry of ancient times was a series of legends which , under the direction of Providence , embraced many prominent circumstances which related to the establishment of Christianity ; each accompanied by its appropriate symbol , and preserved by commemorative rites ; although the application was erroneous , and the meaning imperfectly understood . A minute examination of all the points connected with this enquiry will show , that the Great Truths connected with the salvation of man through the