[ IS ] . greatly to the Honour and Renown of thofe who had the con... dutl:ing of this grand Defign. · THE Phcenidans built, in a grand and fumptuous Manner,. under. the Ditetl:ion of SANCONIATHON, Grand Year of the Mafler of MAsoNs in that Province, the famous Flood 123 r. ~emple of ~agon, at Gaz~, and artfully fup- Before Chrift ported it by two £lender Columns, not too big to · 1-u 7• ·grafp in the ~rms of !?Z,;t·Wh~. ~plJi~~tp_e~ ~own, the large· R9o(-@l . pon ·3ooo of the Lords an~ :Ladies of the ~e~ and killed them all, himfelf lharing the· fame Fate. IN after Times, Abibal, King of 'Iyre, repaired and beaut.fie& that City, and fo did his Son HIRAM; under Year of the: whom the Kingdom of Tyre was in a very flou- Flood 1292. .ri~ing Condition:. He alfo repaired and improved Before ChrifJ: xos6. feveral Cities in the eafternParts of his Domi..nions ;: and being himfelf a Mafon, he took the Diretl:ion of the~ ~'CKift.:ppoo .filnifelf, and became a .fumptuo~s Grand Majter: He enlarged 'I'yre, and joined it to the Temple Year of the· .of.JUPITER Olympi'us, ftanding in an Ifland: Flood 1302. 'He alfo bu,ilt two Temples, one to HERCULE~, Before Chrifl 1046•. ··~~n~q ~,,f.)~er· ~ A · ~l}?~~ DuRING all this Period, the lfraelites, by their Vicinity to the A.rtifis of 'l'yre and Sidon, ·had great Opportunities of culti.vating the roy~l Art, which they failed not dil~gen,tly to purfue, and at laft.attained to a very high Perfection, as well i~Ofl£tative Majoiiry, as in the Regularity and Difcipljne of their;..l¥;~11 forme~ Lodge.s, vyhi-ch through .all fucceeding Ag~s has hitl\erto fufferect :aa change... . _ .· · _ . ·... · ·
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