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Many Freemasons and Deists seem to borrow vocabulary terms from each other when expressing thoughts about the Creator. The words "Grand Architect" was a common Freemason expression for the Creator, especially in the letters of George Washington. That reference specifically may be based in the Freemason tradition since architecture was symbolic as it pertained to the "builders of men."

The Revolution of Belief
Founding Fathers, Deists, Orthodox Christians, and the Spiritual Context of 18th Century America
https://earlyamericanhistory.net/founding_fathers.htm

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He was known to use a Deistic vocabulary in his writings and speeches, and his references about the Holy Trinity mirror Jefferson’s almost identically – “mindless jargon” as he referred to it. Madison, perhaps more than any other president, believed strongly on the separation of church and state and was influential in his writings on the subject.

King of Kings? Not to many of these men (our founders)

As far as the OT kings and rulers, remember that God was interactive at least through the prophets and vengeance would be administered in real time. So the consequences to the unbelieving kings were often dire.

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