sarily connected with words-Advantages of this mode of

worship, p..

257

SECT. 111.-Quakers discard every thing formal and super-

stitious from their worship-No consecrated ground-No

priest's garments-No psalmody-No one day esteemed by

them holier than another-Reasons for these singulari-

ties, p.

266

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CHAPTER XIII.

Miscellaneous particularities-Quakers seldom use the words
original sin," or "Trinity," and never "the word of
God" for the Scriptures-Believe in the manhood and divin-

ity of Christ-In the resurrection-Their ideas on sanctifi-

cation and justification, p.

275

CHAPTER XIV.

6.6

Quakers reject baptism and the Lord's supper-Indulgence so-

licited for them on account of the difficulties connected with

these subjects-These difficulties explained, p.

283

CHAPTER XV.

SECT. I.- —Two baptisms, that of John and of Christ-That

of John was by water-and a Jewish ordinance-John the

prophet left under the law, p.

301

SECT. II.-Baptism of Christ was by the Spirit-This the

baptism of the Gospel-Authorities on which this distinction

between the two is founded, p.

305

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SECT. III. Quakers conceive it was not the baptism of John

which Jesus included in the Great Commission, when he or-

dered his disciples to go into all nations, and to teach them,

baptizing in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of

the Holy Ghost-This shown from expressions taken from

St. Peter and St. Paul-and from the object and nature of

this baptism, p. ·

310

SECT. IV. But that it was the baptism of Christ—This shown

from a critical examination of the words in the commission

itself And from the commission, as explained by St. Mark,

St. Luke, and St. Paul, p.

SECT. v.-Practice of Jesus and the Apostles a confirmation

of this opinion, p.

317

326

CHAPTER XVI.

SECT. I.-Two suppers, the one instituted by Moses, the other

by Jesus Christ-The first called the passover-Ancient and

modern manner of its celebration, p.

338

348

SECT. II.-Second, enjoined by Jesus at Capernaum-This
wholly of a spiritual nature-Way in which this may be
enjoyed, p.

SECT. III. Quakers say that Jesus instituted no new supper

distinct from that of the passover, and which was to render

null and void that enjoined at Capernaum, as a rite of the

Christian church-No such institution to be collected from St.

Matthew, St. Mark, or St. John, p.

356

360

SECT. IV.-Nor from St. Luke-St. Luke only says, that all
future passovers of the Disciples with Christ were to be spi-
ritual-but if, as Jews, they could not all at once abdicate
the passover to which they had been educated, they were to
celebrate it with a new meaning-But no acknowledged per-
mission of it to others, p..
SECT. v.-Nor from St. Paul-St. Paul only says that the
passover, as spiritualized by Jesus, was allowed to his dis-
ciples, or to the Jewish converts, who could not all at once
lay aside their prejudices concerning it, but that it was to
last only for a time-Different opinions about this time—
That of the Quakers concerning it, p.

SECT. VI.-Had a new supper, distinct from that of the pass-

over, been intended as a ceremonial of the Christian church,

it would have been commanded to others besides the disciples,

and its duration would not have been limited-Reasons from

St. Paul, to show that he himself did not probably consider it

as a Christian ordinance-Whereas the supper enjoined at Ca-

pernaum, was to be eternal-and universal-and an essential

with all Christians, p.

368

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Marriage-Quakers differ in many respects from others, on the subject of Marriage-George Fox introduced Regulations concerning it-Protested against the usual manner of the celebration of it-Gave an example of what he recommendedPresent regulations of the Quakers on this subject.

IN the continuation of the Customs of the Quakers, a subject which I purpose to resume in the present volume, I shall begin with that of Marriage.

The Quakers differ from others in many of their regulations concerning this custom. They differ also in the manner of the celebration of it. And, as they differ in these respects, so they experience generally a different result. The Quakers, as a

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