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Show Advcrfaries, and promoted the Honour ofthe Fraternity who ever flourijhed in Times of Peace 3 io that if a Bro-' her ihould be a Rebel againft the State, he is not to be, countenancedm his Rebellion, however he may be pitied i.s an unhappy Man ; and, if convicted of no other Crime,.; ho' the Loyal Brotherhood muft and ought to dtiown his Rebellion, and give no Umbrage or Ground of political fealouiy to. the Government for the Time being, they :annot expel him from the Lodge, and his Relation to ir emains indefeasible, Ill- Of Lodges. A Lodge is a Place where Mafons affemble and work § tence that AfTembly, or duly organiz'd Society of M a - ,'bns, is call'd a Lbdge, and every Brother ought to be - ong to one, and to be fubject to its By-laws and-he General Regulations 1 It is either particular or ge-eral, and will be beft underftood by attending it, and by he Regulations of the General or Grand Ledge here-jAfV » annexed. In antient Times, no Mafter or Fellow ould be abfent from it, eipecially when warn'd to ap- <ar at it, without incurring a fevere Ccniure, until it : ippear'd to the Mafter and Wardens, that pure Kecefti-y hinder'd him. The Perfqns admitted Members of a Lodge muft be? 'ood and true Men, Free-born, and of mature and difcrcet Age, no Bondmen, no W o m e n , no immoral or fcandi-ousMen, but of good Report. IV. Of Mailers, Wardens, Fellows, ^Apprentices, 1 All Preferment among Mafons is grounded upon real Vorth and perfonal Merit only, that fo the Lords may >e well ferv'd, the Brethren not put to Shame, nor the Royal Craft defpis'd j therefore no Mafter or Warden is •hofen by Seniority, but for his Merit. It is lmpofTible E z *•' |