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BENEVOLENCE,

THAT GREAT ATTRIBUTE OF THE DIVINITY,

THE EMULATION OF WHICH

DIGNIFIES THE HUMAN RACE,

THIS WORK

IS MOST DEVOUTLY DEDICATED;

WITH SUPPLICATIONS TO THE SUPREME,

THAT THE

HEAVENLY INFLUENCE

OF THAT

EXCELLENT VIRTUE

MAY PREVAIL WITH MASONS,

UNPOLLUTED WITH THE CORRUPTIONS OF THE EARTH,

THROUGHOUT ALL NATIONS,

AND IN ALL AGES,

TO THE END OF TIME.

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A charge delivered to the master on his being invested

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An address to the Lodge after the investure and inftallment of the reft of the officers,

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An oration delivered at the dedication of a new Freemafon's Lodge, ...

Solomon's temple an oratorio,

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An oration on mafonry, delivered by Mr. Hutchinson,
on laying the foundation ftone of Rookby-bridge,
in 1773, with an account of the proceffion,
An oration at the dedication of Sunderland Lodge,

A difcourfe after laying the foundation ftone of Dur-
ham-bridge, in 1772,.

A letter from John Locke, to the Earl of Pembroke, with an old Manufcript on masonry,

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Act of the affociate fynodof Scotland concerning the7
Mafon-oath,

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An impartial examination of the fynods act, and a vindication of Maíonry, by Charles Leflie,

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The ceremony obferved at funerals, with the fervice" ufed on this occafion,

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A lift of Lodges with their numbers as altered by the order of the grand Lodge of England, Lift of Lodges held of the grand Lodge of Scotland, 352

Just published by F. Jollie, Carlisle, and fold by C. Law, London.

The hiftory of the County of Cumberland, ana fome places adjacent, from the carlieft accounts to the prefent time; comprehending the local biflory of the county: its antiquities, the origin, genealogy, and prefent ftate of the principal families, with biographical notes; its animals, mines, minerals, and plants, with other curiofities, either of nature or of art. Particular attention is paid to, and a just account given of every improvement in agriculture, manufactures, and the other art.s By William Hutchinson, F. A. s. Price two guineas the demy paper, and two uineas and a half the medium, in boards, with plates, complete, elegantly printed and bot preffed.- -In 2 vols. quarto.

The Sacred Interpreter, or a practical introdu&ion towards a beneficial reading and a thorough understanding of The Holy Bible, by David Collyer, the fifth edition, in two vois. dvo on fine paper, bot pressed, price 10s. 6d. in boards.

The Spirit of General Hifery, in a series of Lectures, from the eighth to the eighteenth century: wherein is given a view of the progrefs of fociety, in manners and legiflation, during that period, by the Rev. G. Thomfon, Carlisle, fecond edition, in one volu.ne large 8vo finely printed and bot pressed, price 6s. in boards.

THE SPIRIT OF MASONRY.

LECTURE I.

THE DESIGN.

THE design of the following Lectures, is to investigate the orders of Free Masonry; and, under distinct heads, to arrrange my observations on the nature of this Society.

ON initiation, I was struck with the ceremonials; and immediately apprehended, there was more conveyed by them, than appeared to the vulgar eye: attention to the matter, convinced me my first impressions were just; and, by researches to discover their implications, some degree of knowledge hath been acquired touching the origin of Masonry, the reasons which supported its several institutions, the meaning and import of its various symbols; together with the progress of the profession.

It is known to the world, but more particularly to the Brethren, that there are three degrees of Masons— Apprentices, Craftsmen, and Masters—their initiation, and the several advancements from the order of Apprentices, will necessarily lead us to observations in three distinct channels.

How the several mysteries are revealed to Masons, they alone know-so steadfastly have the Fraternity

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