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On Freemasonry. The History And Antiquities Of Freemasonry.
prepared , to meet the Macedonian army , in solemn procession , without the gates of the city , and fear no danger . When the enraged monarch beheld this ceremonial train moving in dead silence towards him , and saw the splendid mitre which decorated the high priest ' s brow , with the lorious TETRAGRAMMATON legiblinscribed on a plate
g y of burnished gold blazing in its front ; overcome with mixed feelings of awe and veneration , he fell down and worshipped the being whom he mistook for the visible representative of the Deity . His generals , astonished at this conduct , so different from what they had expected , demanded an exlanationAlexander told themthat the exact semblance
p . , of this very individual , habited as God ' s high priest , with A MYSTERIOUS NAME flaming on his brow , appeared to him in Macedonia , while he was deliberating on the policy of invading the Persian dominions , and gave him such
favourable expectations of success , that , without further consideration , he resolved on the expedition . Alexander accompanied the high priest into the city , offered sacrifice in the temple to the Most High God , and remitted to the Jews all imposts , duties , and taxes on the sabbatical year , which was now observed with all the
regularity of primitive discipline . Their allegiance , thus transferred from the Persians to the Macedonians , was retained by the latter for a very short period . After the death of Alexander , while his captains were struggling for superiority , Ptolemy , King of Egypt laid siege to Jerusalemand took it on the sabbath ,
, , a day on which Jewish superstition forbade them to stand on their defence . Great multitudes of the Jews were carried away captive , and p laced in Alexandria , Cyria , mid Cyrene , where they lived as a distinct people , and practised without control the rights of their own religion .
The influence of true Masonry now began to be felt in Egypt , and the worship of God ' triumphed in some of its cities over the superstitious impurities of idolatry . This change may be attributed to the influx of Jews , who , from the time of Nebuchadnezzar , had constantly retired to Egyptin periods of pressing calamitas a place of secure
, y , refuge from the rigours of persecution . Jeremiah delivered many of his prophecies in this country , and instructed the natives in the knowledge of God and religion . From the foundation thus judiciously laid , his successors made many converts ; until at length , in the time of Ptolemy Phi-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. The History And Antiquities Of Freemasonry.
prepared , to meet the Macedonian army , in solemn procession , without the gates of the city , and fear no danger . When the enraged monarch beheld this ceremonial train moving in dead silence towards him , and saw the splendid mitre which decorated the high priest ' s brow , with the lorious TETRAGRAMMATON legiblinscribed on a plate
g y of burnished gold blazing in its front ; overcome with mixed feelings of awe and veneration , he fell down and worshipped the being whom he mistook for the visible representative of the Deity . His generals , astonished at this conduct , so different from what they had expected , demanded an exlanationAlexander told themthat the exact semblance
p . , of this very individual , habited as God ' s high priest , with A MYSTERIOUS NAME flaming on his brow , appeared to him in Macedonia , while he was deliberating on the policy of invading the Persian dominions , and gave him such
favourable expectations of success , that , without further consideration , he resolved on the expedition . Alexander accompanied the high priest into the city , offered sacrifice in the temple to the Most High God , and remitted to the Jews all imposts , duties , and taxes on the sabbatical year , which was now observed with all the
regularity of primitive discipline . Their allegiance , thus transferred from the Persians to the Macedonians , was retained by the latter for a very short period . After the death of Alexander , while his captains were struggling for superiority , Ptolemy , King of Egypt laid siege to Jerusalemand took it on the sabbath ,
, , a day on which Jewish superstition forbade them to stand on their defence . Great multitudes of the Jews were carried away captive , and p laced in Alexandria , Cyria , mid Cyrene , where they lived as a distinct people , and practised without control the rights of their own religion .
The influence of true Masonry now began to be felt in Egypt , and the worship of God ' triumphed in some of its cities over the superstitious impurities of idolatry . This change may be attributed to the influx of Jews , who , from the time of Nebuchadnezzar , had constantly retired to Egyptin periods of pressing calamitas a place of secure
, y , refuge from the rigours of persecution . Jeremiah delivered many of his prophecies in this country , and instructed the natives in the knowledge of God and religion . From the foundation thus judiciously laid , his successors made many converts ; until at length , in the time of Ptolemy Phi-