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Brief Chronological Sketch Of The Order Of Knights Templars.
BRIEF CHRONOLOGICAL SKETCH OF THE ORDER OF KNIGHTS TEMPLARS .
£ BY THOMAS DUNCKERLEY , ESQ . }
AFTER the temple rebuilt by Zerubbabel had remained 575 years it was pillaged by the Emperor Antiochus , 170 years before Christ ; afterwards by Crfesus and Pbmpey , and , at last , totally destroyed by Titus Vespasian , who took Jerusalem by storm , A . D . 74 . In 13 8 the Emperor Adrian rebuilt that city , but had not time to lay the foundation of the temple , for the Persians took it from him , and the Saracens became masters of it AD 640 During all this
. . . time the Netbenimes ( a posterity of Gibeonites , condemned by Joshua to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for the temple ) distinguished themselves by their virtue ; in time they became Knights of the East , and Royal Arch Masons . They were esteemed for their retired life and simplicity of manners , their sobriety and charity , and took the name of Essenes . They elected a Grand Master for life ,
and engaged to worship the true God ; to do justice ; to be loyal to their sovereign , and obey their Grand Master . These Brethren embraced the new law , and became Christians ; they retired to Sicily and other places , and in iozo they were created Knig hts of the Eastern Star . In 108 3 Godfrey of Bouillon , and Peter the Hermit , laitl a plan for the conquest of Jerusalem . A . D . 1100 the Christians associated by a solemn vow to establish the Temple in the Holy Land ; and the-Masonic Knig hts agreed to
retain their ancient signs , to know each other from the Saracens at a distance , in order to avoid surprize . They communicated their signs and words to those only who promised with the greatest solemnity , at the foot of the altar , never to reveal them . That obligation was a sacred band to keep -the individuals of several kingdoms in the same society . Six millions of leof different nationsunitedand vowed to
peop , , , conquer Jerusalem ; they wore the Calvary Cross on the shoulder , and as the Emperor Constantine the Great had in 108 3 seen the red cross in the air , with " In hoc vinces , " they took that motto ; and the word for charging the enemy was " Dieu le veut . " There was also a cross of distinction for the different countries : the English ( at that time ) wore white ; the French , red ; the Flemings , green ; the
Germans , black ; the Italians , yellow , & c . Many Royal Arch Masons , and Knights of the Eastern Star , who were Christ ' s faithful soldiers and servants , had built a Church on the scire where the temple of Solomon had been erected ; which they dedicated to St , John of Jerusalem ; and when that city was taken by Godfrey of Bouillon , A . D . 1103 , he gave the care of the Hoiv Sepulchre to tlie Knig hts 8 *
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Brief Chronological Sketch Of The Order Of Knights Templars.
BRIEF CHRONOLOGICAL SKETCH OF THE ORDER OF KNIGHTS TEMPLARS .
£ BY THOMAS DUNCKERLEY , ESQ . }
AFTER the temple rebuilt by Zerubbabel had remained 575 years it was pillaged by the Emperor Antiochus , 170 years before Christ ; afterwards by Crfesus and Pbmpey , and , at last , totally destroyed by Titus Vespasian , who took Jerusalem by storm , A . D . 74 . In 13 8 the Emperor Adrian rebuilt that city , but had not time to lay the foundation of the temple , for the Persians took it from him , and the Saracens became masters of it AD 640 During all this
. . . time the Netbenimes ( a posterity of Gibeonites , condemned by Joshua to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for the temple ) distinguished themselves by their virtue ; in time they became Knights of the East , and Royal Arch Masons . They were esteemed for their retired life and simplicity of manners , their sobriety and charity , and took the name of Essenes . They elected a Grand Master for life ,
and engaged to worship the true God ; to do justice ; to be loyal to their sovereign , and obey their Grand Master . These Brethren embraced the new law , and became Christians ; they retired to Sicily and other places , and in iozo they were created Knig hts of the Eastern Star . In 108 3 Godfrey of Bouillon , and Peter the Hermit , laitl a plan for the conquest of Jerusalem . A . D . 1100 the Christians associated by a solemn vow to establish the Temple in the Holy Land ; and the-Masonic Knig hts agreed to
retain their ancient signs , to know each other from the Saracens at a distance , in order to avoid surprize . They communicated their signs and words to those only who promised with the greatest solemnity , at the foot of the altar , never to reveal them . That obligation was a sacred band to keep -the individuals of several kingdoms in the same society . Six millions of leof different nationsunitedand vowed to
peop , , , conquer Jerusalem ; they wore the Calvary Cross on the shoulder , and as the Emperor Constantine the Great had in 108 3 seen the red cross in the air , with " In hoc vinces , " they took that motto ; and the word for charging the enemy was " Dieu le veut . " There was also a cross of distinction for the different countries : the English ( at that time ) wore white ; the French , red ; the Flemings , green ; the
Germans , black ; the Italians , yellow , & c . Many Royal Arch Masons , and Knights of the Eastern Star , who were Christ ' s faithful soldiers and servants , had built a Church on the scire where the temple of Solomon had been erected ; which they dedicated to St , John of Jerusalem ; and when that city was taken by Godfrey of Bouillon , A . D . 1103 , he gave the care of the Hoiv Sepulchre to tlie Knig hts 8 *