An encomiastick epigram upon the most antient and honourable trade of masons. By Mr. William Geddes, late minister at Urquhart. Geddes, William, ca. 1630-1694. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B03558 of text R177348 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing G446A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B03558 Wing G446A ESTC R177348 52211827 ocm 52211827 175679 2240898623

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An ENCOMIASTICK EPIGRAM Upon the most ANTIENT and HONOURABLE TRADE OF MASONS . By Mr. WILLIAM GEDDES , Late Minister at Vrquhart . AMong Mechanicks , MASONS I extoll , And with the best I doubt not to Enroll . Before the Flood * * Antiquity and Noble Precedents . Antiquity they Claime , The MASON then must have an antient Name . When Godly * * Josephus de Antiq. Jud. Jude Epist . Enoch by his Divine Art , He did foretell how that the World should smart By Fire and Water , he two Pillars made , The one with Brick , and one with Stone was laid : He wrote thereon all Sciences and Arts , Some knowledge to Diffuse in all Mens hearts . If Water came , the Stone might it endure ; The Brick the Fire ; so all continued sure . The * * Exod. 32. Moral-Law , in writ none could it have , Till GOD Himself in Stone he must it Grave . For Hewing Stone , none can put you to shame , Honourable and mysterious Badge . The Corner-Stone , to JESVS is a Name : For this I think the MASON must be Blest , From antient times he hath a Divine * * A Metaphore taken from a part of the Coat of Arms. Crest . A Character whereby they know each other , And yet so Secret , none knows but a Brother . All Temples , Turrets , * * Noble and Stately Works . Pallaces of Kings , All Castles , Steeples , and such other things : Strong Holds and Houses , which do long endure , Do owe all what they have to MASONS CURE . All Courts great Grandeur , and Magnifick State , What Pomp they have , from MASONS they do get ; The strictest Laws they have for ‡ ‡ Laws and Order . Common-well , The greatest Charity when BRETHREN fail . Symbols Divine , ‡ ‡ The Sum of all . Pomp , Dwelling , Law and Love ; Few are the Men who do such Tradsmen prove .