Four triangles.—­The four triangles show us the four principal duties that create our tranquil life, viz.:  Fraternal love among men in general, and particularly among brethren, and in the same degree with us.  Secondly.  In not having anything but for the use and advantage of a brother.  Thirdly.  Doubting of every matter that cannot be demonstrated to you clearly, by which an attempt might be made to insinuate mysteries in matters of religion, and hereby lead you away from the holy truth.  Fourthly.  Never do anything to another that you would not have done unto you.  The last precept, well understood and followed on all occasions, is the true happiness of philosophy.

Seven planets.—­The seven planets represent the seven principal passions of man.

Seven cherubims.—­The seven cherubims are the images of the delights of life:  namely, by seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, feeling, tranquility, and health.

Conception.—­The conception in the moon shows the purity of matter, and that nothing can be impure to the eyes of the Supreme.

Holy spirit.—­The Spirit is the figure of our soul, which is only the breath of the Eternal, and which cannot be soiled by the works of the body.

Temple.—­The temple represents our body, which we are obliged to preserve by our natural feelings.

Figure of A man.—­The figure is in the entrance of the temple, which bears a lamb in his arms, and teaches us to be attentive to our wants, as a shepherd takes care of his sheep; to be charitable, and never let slip the present opportunity of doing good, to labor honestly, and to live in this day as if it were our last.

Columns of Jachin and Boaz.—­The columns of J. and B. are the symbols of the strength of our souls in bearing equally misfortunes, as well as success in life.

Seven steps of the temple.—­The seven steps of the temple are the figures of the seven degrees which we must pass before we arrive to the knowledge of the true God.

Globe.—­The globe represents the world which we inhabit.

Lux ex tenebris.—­The device of “Lux ex tenebris” teacheth, that when man is enlightened by reason, he is able to penetrate the darkness and obscurity which ignorance and superstition spread abroad.

River.—­The river across the globe represents the utility of the passions that are necessary to man in the course of his life, as water is requisite to the earth in order to replenish the plants thereof.

Cross surrounded.—­The cross surrounded by two serpents signifies that we must watch the vulgar prejudices, to be very prudent in giving any of our knowledge and secrets in matters, especially in religion.  End of the moral explanation.