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Show I SO i i., In the Lodge while constituted. 2. After the Lodge is over and the Brethren n«t gone. 5. W h e n Brethren meet without Strangers, but net in a Lodge. 4. In prefence of Strangers not Mafons. 5. At fliwif, and in the Neighbourhood. 6. Towards a (Irange 'Brother. • *. - L Concerning G o d tf;/J Religion. A JMir/otf is obliged, by his Tenure, to obey the Moral L a w j and if he rightly understands the art, he will never be a ftupid A'hejft, nor an irreligious Libertine, M tho' in antient Times Mafons were charged in every Couj-try to be of the Religion of that Country or Nation, wh*j ever it was, yet it is now thought more expedientonlytol oblige them to that Religion in which all M e n agree,lea-ving their particular Opinions to themfelves 5 thai is t>e good Men arid true, or M e n of Honour and H« by whatever Denominations or Pcrfwafions they may b< diftinguilh'd j whereby M A S O N R Y becomes the Centre -of Union, and the Means of conciliating true Friend-, fhip among Perfons that muft have remain'd at a perpetual Diftancei "*"• V •"* ~*~ *+'\ II. Oftl. Citil Magistrate fupreme andftiboriinate. A Mafon is a peaceable Subject to the Civil Powers, t^Kerevcr he retries or works, and is never to be concel ned in Plots and Confpiracies againft the Peace and \Vd fare ot the Nation, nor to behave himfelf undutituhy interior Magistrates; for as Mafonry hath been , injured by War, Btoodfhed, and Confufion, loJW : . and'Princes have l>een much difpofed toencdB eCraftfmen, becaufe ofthe;r Pcaceableriefs and J whereby they praaically anfwer'd the Cavils of m / |