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SECT. 3. -neither do they use mourning garments—
reasons why they thus differ from the world
-these reasons further elucidated by .con-
siderations on court-mourning
CHAP. III.
39
Occupations-agriculture declining among the Quakers—
causes and disadvantages of this decline
CHAP. IV.
45
SECT. 1. Trade-Quakers view trade as a moral question
-prohibit a variety of trades and dealings
on this account-various other wholesome re-
gulations concerning it
53
SECT. 2.but though the Quakers thus prohibit many
trades, they are found in some which are con-
sidered objectionable by the world-these spe-
eified and examined
CHAP. V.
62
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 Newcastle-upon-
Tyne on Quaker-principles
CHAP. VI.
76
SECT. 1. Poor-no beggars among the Quakers-manner
of relieving and providing for the poor. 89
SECT. 2. Education of the children of the poor provided
for-observations on the number of the Qua·
ker-poor-and on their character
94
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
invitation
CHAP. I.
.. 105
God has given to all, besides an intellectual, a spiritual
understanding-some have had a greater por-
tion of this Spirit than others, such as Abra-
ham, and Moses, and the Prophets, and
Apostles-Jesus Christ had it without limit
Except a man has a portion of the same Spirit which
Jesus, and the Prophets, and the Apostles had,
he cannot know spiritual things-this doc-
trine confirmed by St. Paul-and elucidated
by a comparison between the faculties of men
and of brutes
120
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-ob-
jection to this doctrine-reply
..
131
This Spirit, which has been given to men in different de-
grees, has been given them as a teacher or
guide in their spiritual concerns-way in
which it teaches
CHAP, V,
142
This Spirit may be considered as the primary and infal-
lible guide-and the Scriptures but a secon-
dary means of instruction-but the Quakers
do not undervalue the latter on this account
their opinion concerning them
CHAP, VI,
11
151
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
CHAP, VII,
159
SECT. 1. And as it has been given universally to men, sọ
it has been given them sufficiently-they who
resist it, quench it-those who attend to it,
are in the way of redemption
178
SECT, 2. This Spirit, then, besides its office of a spiritual
guide, performs that of a Redeemer to men—
redemption outward and inward-inward
SECT. 3. Inward redemption produces a new birth-and
leads to perfection—this inward redemption
SECT. 4. New birth and perfection more particularly ex-
plained-new birth as real from "the spiri-
tual seed of the Kingdom," as that of plants
and vegetables from their seeds in the natural
world
world—and goes on in the same manner pro-
SECT. 1. Possibility of redemption to all, denied by the
favourers of Election and Reprobation”—
Quaker-refutation of the latter doctrine. 213
SECT. 2. Quaker-refutation continued
CHAP, IX,
220
·Recapitulation of all the doctrines advanced-objection
that the Quakers make every thing of the
Spirit, and but little of Jesus Christ—attempt
to show that Christians often differ without
a just cause or that there is no material dif-
ference between the creeds of the Quakers and
that of the objectors on this subject
CHAP. X.
235
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 called and ac-
knowledged among the Quakers
247
SECT. 2. Quaker-ministers, when acknowledged, engage
in family-visits—nature of these—and some-
times in missions through England- and
sometimes in foreign parts .
CHAP. XI.
263
Elders their origin and their office-these are not to
meddle with the discipline of the Church . 270
CHAP.
CHAP. XII.
SECT. 1. Worship-is usually made to consist of prayer
and preaching-but neither of these is con-
sidered by the Quakers to be effectual with-
out the aid of the Spirit-hence no liturgy or
studied form of words among the Quakers-
reputed manner and character of Quaker-
preaching observations upon these . 276
SECT. 2. Silent worship-manner of it-worship not ne-
cessarily connected with words-advantages
of this mode of worship
292
SECT. 3. Quakers discard every thing formal and super-
stitious from their worship-no consecrated
ground-no priests' garments-no psalmody
-no one day esteemed by them holier than
another-reasons for these singularities. 302
CHAP. XIII.
Miscellaneous particularities—Quakers seldom use the
words " Original Sin," or "Trinity," and
never "the Word of God" for the Scrip-
tures-believe in the manhood and divinity of
Christ-in the resurrection-their ideas on
Sanctification and Justification
CHAP. XIV.
313
Quakers reject Baptism and the Lord's Supper-indul-
gence solicited for them on account of the diffi-
culties connected with these subjects-these
difficulties explained
CHAP. XV.
322
SECT. 1. Two baptisms, that of John, and of Christ-
that