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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
considered distinct institutions in Britain , after the establishment of Christianity . And this was precisely the case in the east , when tbe Spurious Freemasonry was dominant , and invested with all the pomp ancl splendour which the favour and protection of powerful nations could throw around undergoing its severest
if while S peculative Masonry was trial ; but its purity suffered no diminution in the hands ot the Essenian Jews . * , , , . _ . _ . * The system of the Druids , although purged of its worst features , after the establishment of Christianity , appears to hnve excited a strong feeling of public indignation ; tor
while the true Freemasonry was liberally patronized , and munificently encouraged by kings , peers , and prelates , the Spurious Freemasonry was persecuted and proscribed , — driven from England into Scotland , then back to England , —but finding there no peace , it finally took refuge m Wales , where it existed in secret hiding p laces till the thirteenth works of several
century . Davies informs us that " the bards , who flourished in Wales from the beginning of the twelfth to the close ofthe fourteenth century , have been well preserved . So far was Druidism from being either forgotten or neglected in this period , that one of the most curious subjects of observation , which present themselves upon the perusal of these works , is the constant allusion to certain ancient and genuine remains of the Druids , which had
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
considered distinct institutions in Britain , after the establishment of Christianity . And this was precisely the case in the east , when tbe Spurious Freemasonry was dominant , and invested with all the pomp ancl splendour which the favour and protection of powerful nations could throw around undergoing its severest
if while S peculative Masonry was trial ; but its purity suffered no diminution in the hands ot the Essenian Jews . * , , , . _ . _ . * The system of the Druids , although purged of its worst features , after the establishment of Christianity , appears to hnve excited a strong feeling of public indignation ; tor
while the true Freemasonry was liberally patronized , and munificently encouraged by kings , peers , and prelates , the Spurious Freemasonry was persecuted and proscribed , — driven from England into Scotland , then back to England , —but finding there no peace , it finally took refuge m Wales , where it existed in secret hiding p laces till the thirteenth works of several
century . Davies informs us that " the bards , who flourished in Wales from the beginning of the twelfth to the close ofthe fourteenth century , have been well preserved . So far was Druidism from being either forgotten or neglected in this period , that one of the most curious subjects of observation , which present themselves upon the perusal of these works , is the constant allusion to certain ancient and genuine remains of the Druids , which had