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A
PORTRAITURE
OF
QUAKERISM,
AS TAKEN FROM
A VIEW OF THE
MORAL EDUCATION, DISCIPLINE, PECULIAR
CUSTOMS, RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES, POLITICAL AND CIVIL ECONOMY, AND CHARACTER,
FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND Orme,
PATERNOSTER-ROW.
1806.
CIVIL Government-governors have no right to inter
fere in matters of religion-nor are the go-
verned bound to obey, where their consciences
are oppressed by doing it—but they are to be
willing to suffer the penalties annexed to
their disobedience-and they are on no ac-
count to resist them by force of arms ..p. 3
CHAP. II.
Oaths-Christians are not to take Civil oaths reasons of
the Quakers for their disuse of them 12
CHAP. III.
SECT. 1. War-unlawful for Christians to fight-scrip-
tural passages in support of this tenet-an-
SECT. 2. These passages supported by the opinions and
practice of the early Christians
39
SECT. 3. Objection to the motive assigned for this prac→ tice-reply to this objection-motive con-
firmed
51
SECT. 4. Conduct of the early Christians further exa-
mined-while Christianity continued pure,
they held it unlawful to fight-as it became
less pure, their scruples against it declined-
as it became corrupt, they ceased..
.
64
Seer: 5. Reflections of the Author on the foregoing sub-
ject-supposed conversation with a superior
being in another region-new arguments from
thence
76
SECT. 6. Subject further considered-erroneous concep-
tions of those who argue in favour of the ne-
cessity of wars-these necessary only where
the policy of the world is pursued-naiure of
this policy-but not necessary, where men
act on the policy of the Gospel
SECT. 7. This doctrine confirmed by historical cases
SECT. S. Final examination of the subject
87
.98
107
CHAP. IV.
SECT. 1. Maintenance of a a Gospel-ministry-Quakers
hold it unlawful to pay their own ministers,
or those of any other denomination, for their
Gospel labours-scriptural passages and hi-
storical facts relative to this doctrine .. 115
SECT. 2. Additional reasons against the payment of those
of another denomination, as collected from a
History of Tithes
129
SECT. 3. A more particular statement of these rea-
sons
141
CHA-
CHARACTER.
CHAP. I.
Character of the Quakers-difficulties in the proper esti- mation of character-these removable in the
150
Character general or particular-general, is that of a
moral people.
155
SECT. 1. Character particular-first of the particular
traits is benevolence to man in his temporal
161
SECT. 2. Second, is benevolence to man in his religious
173
SECT. 3. Third, is benevolence or a tender feeling for the
brute-creation
179
Fifth is, that they do not sacrifice their consciences, as a
body of Christians, where they believe a com-
pliance with any law or custom to be wrong
CHAP. VI.
186
Sixth is, that in political affairs they reason upon prin-
ciple, and not upon consequences
199
CHAP.