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■ Chap. I. of MASONRY.
was Man alfo created, and introduced into the
world, in a manner and folemnity not unbecoming
the Lord and Covernour of it: a work fo truly
divine, that the power of no fubordinate intelli¬
gence cou d be capable of it; and Was not perfect¬
ed without a peculiar confultation of the divine
perfons; the refult whereof, was to create man af¬
ter the image of God ; with a heart thoroughly
inftrufted in the noble fcience of Geometry,
for his own improvement, and the inftruCtion of
his defeendents, in the art of applying every part
of the creation to the glory of the Creator, and to
the benefit of the creature ; with a mind fortified
to bear the divine prefence, qualified for the di¬
vine converle, fully illuminated by the divine Spi¬
rit ; and with a body indulged with the privilege of
immortality, adorned with fuch comelinefs and ma-
jefty as might challenge the rule and jurifdicfion of
this inferiour world ; and blefied with an univerfal
harmony in all its faculties; an underftanding fraught
with all manner of knowledge ; a •willfubmitted to
the divine pleafure ; ajfeftions placed upon their
proper pbjefts ; pajjiom calm and eafy ; a confcience
quiet and ferene, with refplendent holinefs and
perfe& felicity.
This happy flate was but of very fhort duration,
by our firfl parents difobedjence to the divine pre¬
cept in paradife, which much defaced the beautiful
works of the creation; entailing fin, pain, and
death, upon their poflerity : with guilty ihame
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