A Mirror for the Johannite Masons Author:George Oliver Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3" Peter saith unto Jesus, ' Lord, what shall textit{this man do ? Jesus saith unlo him, If I B f.U that he torr£jmtilX i£ mo. what is that to thee. Follow thou me. Then went this aayiajj a... more »lji-ond mnoug the brethren, that this disciple should not die.' Now tne appre'iensi jn hereof hath been received either grossly or in tna general, that is not distinguishing *he manner or particular way of this continuation, in wl.ich sense prob:.bly the grosser and undisoerning party received it. On more d'sunc ly apprehending the manner of his immortality; that is, that John should never properly dio, hut be trarwla'i.-.'..hito Paradise, there to remain with Enoch and Elias until about the conrng of Christ; and should be slain with them under antichrist, according to that of the Apocalypse."—Browne. LETTER III. My Lord, In entering on this enquiry, I am not unconscious that the freedom of discussion will be considerably restricted by a deficiency of authentic evidence; and I shall therefore be obliged to accommodate circumstances to the traditions of Masonry; as these will be our only guides through the impervious atmosphere of a distant period, which affords scarcely a glimmering ray to direct cm- path or guide us in our search after the truth. What Dr. Kitto says of chronology, may be justly applied to the subject before us:—"After an anxious survey of the thick clouds which hang over this period, for some ray of light which might guide us through its utter darkness, we turn away as disappointed as all our predecessors. Nothing, therefore, remains for us but to make such accommodations, and so to balance the various difficulties, as to obtain the result, which, without being certain of the truth, seems the best and the most probable under all the circumstances." In every estimate that I have been able ...« less