A Pocket Companion for Free-masons (1735) [ Practices ]
… Antient and Honorable SOCIETY; Antient, as having subsisted from times immemorial, and Honorable, as tending in every Particular to render a Man so that will be but conformable to its glorious Precepts. The greatest Monarchs in all Ages, as well of Asia and Africa as of Europe, have been Encouragers of the Royal Art; and many of them have presided as Grand Masters over the Masons in their respective Territories, not thinking it any … himself in quarrels with those who through Ignorance may speak evil of, or ridicule it. He is to be a Lover of the Arts and Sciences, and to take all Opportunities of improving himself therein. If he recommends a Friend to be made a …
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