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On Freemasonry.
ON FREEMASONRY .
AND ON THE OBJECTIONS OF SOME OF THE ANGLOINDIAN CLERGY . BY THE REV . G . OI . IVEK , D . D . " Masonic faith acknowledges the Holy Bible to be the word of God ;
that it was written by persons divinely inspired , and reveals the whole duty of man . It exhibits the nature , character , and perfections of God , as essentially and infinitely excellent , and himsalf as a Being in whom all our holy affections should ultimately centre . Masonry , in the strongest and most impressive language , inculcates the same interesting truths . The Scriptures enjoin supreme love to God , and universal benevolence to all mankind , 'fhese are the first duties impressed on the heart of a Mason . " TOWN ' SPECULATIVE MASONRY .
THERE is nothing perfect under the sun . The Almighty disposer of events has ordered it for wise and beneficent purposes , secret to us , that the attainment of knowledge should be progressive . Thus the endowments or qualities of inanimate stones are exceeded b y those AA'hich appear inherent in plants ; their properties must succumb to the instinct
of animals , and that to the reason of man . But man , compared ivith the higher range of beings , is as imperfect as the rough stone compared ivith himself ; for he is incapable ' of attaining to the perfection of the heavenly hierarchy . Hooker says , * £ i In the matter of knowledge , there is betweene the angels of God and the children of men this difference .
Angels alreadie have full and complete knowledge in the highest degree that can bee imparted vnto them ; men , if ivee view them in their spring , are at first without vnderstanding or knowledge at all . Neverthelesse , from this vtter vacuity they grow by degrees , till they come at length to be even as the angels themselves are . The soule of man being
therefore at the first as a booke , ivherein nothing is , and yet all things may be imprinted , Ave are to search by Avhat steppes and degrees it riseth vnto perfection of knoAA'ledge . "
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On Freemasonry.
ON FREEMASONRY .
AND ON THE OBJECTIONS OF SOME OF THE ANGLOINDIAN CLERGY . BY THE REV . G . OI . IVEK , D . D . " Masonic faith acknowledges the Holy Bible to be the word of God ;
that it was written by persons divinely inspired , and reveals the whole duty of man . It exhibits the nature , character , and perfections of God , as essentially and infinitely excellent , and himsalf as a Being in whom all our holy affections should ultimately centre . Masonry , in the strongest and most impressive language , inculcates the same interesting truths . The Scriptures enjoin supreme love to God , and universal benevolence to all mankind , 'fhese are the first duties impressed on the heart of a Mason . " TOWN ' SPECULATIVE MASONRY .
THERE is nothing perfect under the sun . The Almighty disposer of events has ordered it for wise and beneficent purposes , secret to us , that the attainment of knowledge should be progressive . Thus the endowments or qualities of inanimate stones are exceeded b y those AA'hich appear inherent in plants ; their properties must succumb to the instinct
of animals , and that to the reason of man . But man , compared ivith the higher range of beings , is as imperfect as the rough stone compared ivith himself ; for he is incapable ' of attaining to the perfection of the heavenly hierarchy . Hooker says , * £ i In the matter of knowledge , there is betweene the angels of God and the children of men this difference .
Angels alreadie have full and complete knowledge in the highest degree that can bee imparted vnto them ; men , if ivee view them in their spring , are at first without vnderstanding or knowledge at all . Neverthelesse , from this vtter vacuity they grow by degrees , till they come at length to be even as the angels themselves are . The soule of man being
therefore at the first as a booke , ivherein nothing is , and yet all things may be imprinted , Ave are to search by Avhat steppes and degrees it riseth vnto perfection of knoAA'ledge . "