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On Freemasonry. The History And Antiquities Of Freemasonry.
and particularly operative Masonry ; and it is for his productions in the noble science of architecture , that his reign is remarkable amongst Freemasons . He erected many superb edifices in Judea and Samaria ; built a splendid palace on Mount Sion , and another about seven miles from Jerusalemwhich he surrounded with habitationsforming a small
, , but beautiful city , which he called Herodium . He rebuilt the cities of Samaria , Antipatris , Cypron , and Phasaelis . He erected a tower of immense magnitude in Jerusalem , called the tower of Phasael ; built Cesarasa , and expended vast sums in adorning it . To this seaport he constructed a safe and commodious harbour , by the erection of two gigantic
piers , sunk twenty fathoms deep into the sea , and formed of stones , some of which were fifty feet long , eighteen broad , and nine deep . He erected a sumptuous temple of white marble in honour of Augustus , near mount Paneas . But his most magnificent project was the rebuilding of the Temple at Jerusalemwhich at this time was in a
deso-, late state . His tyrannical conduct , and a disposition to favour the professors of heathenism in preference to the Jews , had made him very unpopular in his government ; and he thought , that by building the Temple on a more
extended and stately plan , he should effect ^ two purposes highly advantageous and flattering to his vanity ; _ for he expected to conciliate the Jews , and to convey his name to posterity encircled with never-fading honours . He made a formal proposal to the Jews , in a public assembly of the people , and found them rather averse to the design , from an
apprehension , that if the old Temple was permitted to be taken down , considerable delay mig ht occur in erecting the proposed edifice , and national convulsions might prevent its reconstruction altogether . The king over-ruled this objection by promising to collect all the materials for the new Temple before the old one was taken down . He represented which
the necessity of this proceeding from various reasons , he enumerated in detail ; and particularly from the dilapidated state of the Temple , which had been considerably injured during a lapse of 500 years , not only by the effects of time , but principally from the many sieges it had endured benemies embittered against it from the ¦ peculiar and
y exclusive character of the religion celebrated within its walls . He proposed to defray the whole expense from his own private purse , declaring that the design was undertaken solely with a view of promoting the glory of God , and of increasing VOL . m . 3 l
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. The History And Antiquities Of Freemasonry.
and particularly operative Masonry ; and it is for his productions in the noble science of architecture , that his reign is remarkable amongst Freemasons . He erected many superb edifices in Judea and Samaria ; built a splendid palace on Mount Sion , and another about seven miles from Jerusalemwhich he surrounded with habitationsforming a small
, , but beautiful city , which he called Herodium . He rebuilt the cities of Samaria , Antipatris , Cypron , and Phasaelis . He erected a tower of immense magnitude in Jerusalem , called the tower of Phasael ; built Cesarasa , and expended vast sums in adorning it . To this seaport he constructed a safe and commodious harbour , by the erection of two gigantic
piers , sunk twenty fathoms deep into the sea , and formed of stones , some of which were fifty feet long , eighteen broad , and nine deep . He erected a sumptuous temple of white marble in honour of Augustus , near mount Paneas . But his most magnificent project was the rebuilding of the Temple at Jerusalemwhich at this time was in a
deso-, late state . His tyrannical conduct , and a disposition to favour the professors of heathenism in preference to the Jews , had made him very unpopular in his government ; and he thought , that by building the Temple on a more
extended and stately plan , he should effect ^ two purposes highly advantageous and flattering to his vanity ; _ for he expected to conciliate the Jews , and to convey his name to posterity encircled with never-fading honours . He made a formal proposal to the Jews , in a public assembly of the people , and found them rather averse to the design , from an
apprehension , that if the old Temple was permitted to be taken down , considerable delay mig ht occur in erecting the proposed edifice , and national convulsions might prevent its reconstruction altogether . The king over-ruled this objection by promising to collect all the materials for the new Temple before the old one was taken down . He represented which
the necessity of this proceeding from various reasons , he enumerated in detail ; and particularly from the dilapidated state of the Temple , which had been considerably injured during a lapse of 500 years , not only by the effects of time , but principally from the many sieges it had endured benemies embittered against it from the ¦ peculiar and
y exclusive character of the religion celebrated within its walls . He proposed to defray the whole expense from his own private purse , declaring that the design was undertaken solely with a view of promoting the glory of God , and of increasing VOL . m . 3 l