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450 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. EITE.
humbly beseech thee, O Heavenly Father ! to inspire
our enemies with a just sense of the evils they have
done, and a conviction of their wrong-doing :
that
they may make atonement for their manifold injuries
and injustice to us ;
which do not belong to us, thy
servants, to redress them ourselves ; for thou hast
said, O Lord !
" Vengeance is mine, I will repay
that by their eyes being opened we might be recon
ciled, and by a hearty union take possession of those
blessed lands, where the original temple was first
established, and where thou hadst said, " I will
dwell ;" where we might be gathered together in one
fold or band of brothers, there to celebrate thy great
and holy name ;
and on the holy mountain, in whose
bowels was deposited the ever-glorious and awful
Name, celebrate thy praise. Amen
All. So mote it be
!
G.'. Com.\ You will now rise, my brother. I now
charge you to make yourself familiar with the history
of the Knights Templars ;
of then 1
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rise and progress
their great and glorious exploits; their numbers,
wealth, and high standing in every kingdom of
Europe ; their persecution and fall, and the suffer-
ings of the Grand Master, Jacques de Molay, and
his brave Knights, by order of Pope Clement V.
the cruelty and barbarity of Philip the Fair and the
potentates and governments of Europe ; the actions
of the Knights of Malta in the destruction of the
Templars, and then' receiving and holding many
large possessions, the property of the Templars, as
;