Masonic Rules according to the Resolutions of the Convent of Wilhelmsbad

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passions Completing the sentence from the previous page: "...the licentiousness of the passions." excite unceasing strife, and soon cunning or violence would triumph over innocence.

Thus, in order to guide humanity, laws were necessary; and to uphold the laws, rulers were necessary.

Feeling man! German: Empfindsamer Mensch. This refers to the 18th-century "Age of Sensibility," which valued emotional responsiveness and moral empathy as markers of a civilized person. You honor your parents: honor also the fathers of the state; they represent the Deity on earth.

Should they err, they must give account to the Judge of Kings A reference to God as the ultimate authority to whom monarchs are answerable.: but your own, often skewed judgment cannot release you from obedience.

Pray to God for their preservation, and exert all your strength for the best of the fatherland.