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On Freemasonry. The Spurious Freemasonry Of Ancient Times.
Again , the colossal tower of Babel , whose basement was half a mile in diameter , and hei g ht six hundred feet *—the Pyramids , Catacombs , Obelisks , Statues , S p hinges , & c . of Egypt and other countries , distinctly proclaim the successful cultivation of geometry and architecture ; while the order ,
state , and ceremony observed in the court of Pharaoh when Joseph was a captive , indicate that considerable progress had been made in the refinements which accompany civilization ; and is further evidenced b y the fact that mankind , at the same period were not ignorant of the art of writing ; for Shuckford affirms that " letters were used in Assyria
long before Abraham was born ; and in Egypt much longer before Moses . " Pliny says that the Pelasgi , the founder of whom was a man in Japhet ' s line in the eldest times , first brought letters into Latium ; ancl that they were in Italy
before the L y dian colony , under Tyrrhenus , came thither and expelled them . And the L y dian colony was but four generations after the time of Menes . The most ancient Greek letters were called Pelasgic ; and the Pelasgi were termed divine ; because , says Eustatius , they amongst all the Greeks were the onl y preservers of letters after the flood .
But Sanchoniatho expressly asserts that Tlioth , the grandson of Ham , taught the Egyptians letters , and imitated the art of p icture writing practised by Ouranus or Noah , and delineated the sacred characters that formed the elements of this kind of writing . The Book of Job , according to Bishop Tomline , was
either written b y Job himself , or compiled from materials left b y him . Now if it be true that Job was the same with Jobab , King of Edom , as is the opinion of Alstedius , he was the son of Zera of Bozra , the grandson of Esau ; and of course lived some ages before the time of Moses . In this book we find the most indisputable evidences of the hi g h
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On Freemasonry. The Spurious Freemasonry Of Ancient Times.
Again , the colossal tower of Babel , whose basement was half a mile in diameter , and hei g ht six hundred feet *—the Pyramids , Catacombs , Obelisks , Statues , S p hinges , & c . of Egypt and other countries , distinctly proclaim the successful cultivation of geometry and architecture ; while the order ,
state , and ceremony observed in the court of Pharaoh when Joseph was a captive , indicate that considerable progress had been made in the refinements which accompany civilization ; and is further evidenced b y the fact that mankind , at the same period were not ignorant of the art of writing ; for Shuckford affirms that " letters were used in Assyria
long before Abraham was born ; and in Egypt much longer before Moses . " Pliny says that the Pelasgi , the founder of whom was a man in Japhet ' s line in the eldest times , first brought letters into Latium ; ancl that they were in Italy
before the L y dian colony , under Tyrrhenus , came thither and expelled them . And the L y dian colony was but four generations after the time of Menes . The most ancient Greek letters were called Pelasgic ; and the Pelasgi were termed divine ; because , says Eustatius , they amongst all the Greeks were the onl y preservers of letters after the flood .
But Sanchoniatho expressly asserts that Tlioth , the grandson of Ham , taught the Egyptians letters , and imitated the art of p icture writing practised by Ouranus or Noah , and delineated the sacred characters that formed the elements of this kind of writing . The Book of Job , according to Bishop Tomline , was
either written b y Job himself , or compiled from materials left b y him . Now if it be true that Job was the same with Jobab , King of Edom , as is the opinion of Alstedius , he was the son of Zera of Bozra , the grandson of Esau ; and of course lived some ages before the time of Moses . In this book we find the most indisputable evidences of the hi g h