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CHAPTER 1.

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Sect. 1.–Marriage-Regulations and example of George Fox,

relative to Marriage-Present regulations, and manner of

the celebration of it among the Quakers, p.
Sect. 11.—Those who marry out of the society, are disowned

-Various reasons for such a measure-Objection to it

Reply, p.

Sect. I11.—But the disowned may be restored to member-

ship-Terms of their restoration—these terms censured

Reply, po .

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Sect. IV.-More women disowned on this account than men

-Probable causes of this difference of number, p. 19

CHAPTER II.

SECT. I.-Funerals-Extravagance and pageantry of ancient

and modern funerals- These discarded by the Quakers

Plain manner in which they inter their dead, po 22

SECT. 11.—Quakers use no tomb-stones, nor monumental in-

scriptions—Various reasons of their disuse of these, p. 27

Sect. III.--Neither do they use mourning garments Reasons

why they thus differ from the world. These reasons farther

elucidated by considerations on Court-mourning, p. 33

CHAPTER III.

Occupations

Agriculture declining among the Quakers--

Causes and disadvantages of this decline, p.

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CHAPTER IV..

Sect. I.-Trade-Quakers view trade as a moral question-

Prohibit a variety of trades and dealings on this account-

various other wholesome regulations concerning it, p. 46

Sect. 11.—But though the Quakers thus prohibit many trades,

they are found in some which are considered objectionable by

the
world. These specified and examined, p.

CHAPTER V.

Settlement of differences-Abstain from duels and also from

law-Have recourse to arbitration—Their rules concerning

arbitration-An account of an Arbitration Society at New-

castle upon Tyne, on Quaker-principles, p.

67

CHAPTER VI.

Sect. 1.-Poor-No beggars among the Quakers-Manner

of relieving and providing for the poor, p.

78

Sect. 11.---Education of the children of the poor provided for

Observations on the number of the Quaker-poor-and on

their character, po

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RELIGION

INTRODUCTION.

Invitation to a perusal of this part of the work The necessity

of humility and charity in religion on account of the limited

powers of the human understanding-Object of this invita-

tion, p. .

91

CHAPTER I.

God has given to all, besides an intellectual, a spiritual under-

standing—Some have had a greater portion of this spirit
than others, such as Abraham, and Moses, and the prophets,
and Apostles-Jesus Christ had it without limit or mea-
sure, po

98

CHAPTER II.

Except a man has a portion of the same spirit, which Jesus,

and the Prophets, and the Apostles had, he cannot know spi-

ritual things—This doctrine confirmed by St. Paul And

elucidated by a comparison between the faculties of men and

of brutes, p.

104

CHAPTER III.

Neither except he has a portion of the same spirit, can he know

the scriptures to be of divine origin, nor can he spiritually

understand them-Objection to this doctrinem Reply, p. 113

CHAPTER IV.

This spirit, which has been thus given to men in different de-

grees, has been given them as a teacher or guide in their spi-

ritual concerns-Way in which it teaches, p.

123

CHAPTER V.

This spirit may be considered as the primary and infallible

guide and the scriptures but a secondary means of instruc-

tion—but the Quakers do not undervalue the latter on this

account-Their opinion concerning them, p.

130

CHAPTER VI.

This spirit, as a primary and infallible guide, has been given to

men universally-From the creation to Moses-From Moses

to Christ-From Christ to the present day, p.

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CHAPTER VII.

Sect. I.-And as it has been given universally to men, so it has

been given them sufficiently-Those who resist it, quench it

- Those who attend to it, are in the way of redemption, p. 153

Sect. 11.--This spirit then besides its office of a spiritual

guide, performs that of a Redeemer to men-Redemption out-

ward and inward--Inward effected by this spirit, p.

158

Sect- -Inward redemption produces a new birthmand

leads to perfection—This inward redemption possible to

164

Sect. IV.-New birth and perfection more particularly

all, p.

ex-

pluined—New birth as real from " the spiritual seed of the
kingdom," as that of plants and vegetables from their seeds in
the natural world and goes on in the same manner pro-

gressively tó maturity, p.

175

CHAPTER VIII.

SECT. I. Possibility of redemption to all denied by the fa-

vourers of “ Election and Reprobation”—Quaker-refutation

of the latter doctrine, p.

185

Sect. II.-Quaker refutation continued, po

192

CHAPTER IX.

Recapitulation of all the doctrines advanced-Objection that the

Quakers make every thing of the Spirit and but little of Fe-

sus Christ Attempt to show that Christians often differ

without a just cause_Or that there is no material differ-

ence between the creeds of the Quakers and that of the ob-

jectors on this subject, po

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CHAPTER X.

Sect. 1.-Ministers of the Gospel Quakers conceive that the

spirit of God alone can qualify for the ministry-Women

equally qualified with men—Way in which ministers are cal-

léd and acknowledged among the Quakers, p.

Sect. 11.- Quaker-ministers, when acknowledged, engage in

family visits-Nature of these and sometimes in missions

through England and sometimes in foreign parts, p. 231

CHAPTER XI.

Elders. Their origin and their office These are not to meddle

with the discipline of the church, p. .

CHAPTER XII.

Sect 1.-Worship is usually made to consist of prayer

and
preaching-But neither of these are considered by the Qua-
kers to be effectual without the aid of the spirit-Hence no
liturgy or studied form of words among the Quakers--Re-
puted manner and character of Quaker-preaching-Observa-

tions upon these, p.

243

Sect. 11.-Silent worship-Manner of it-Worship not neces-

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