SECT. I.—Marriage-Regulations and example of George Fox,

relative to Marriage-Present regulations, and manner of

the celebration of it among the Quakers, p.

1

SECT. 11.-Those who marry out of the society, are disowned

-Various reasons for such a measure Objection to it-

Reply, p.

8

SECT. III-But the disowned may be restored to member-

ship-Terms of their restoration—these terms censured

Reply, p.

15

SECT. IV.-

-More women disowned on this account than men

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

CHAPTER II.

22

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

and modern funerals-These discarded by the Quakers-

Plain manner in which they inter their dead, p.

SECT. II.-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.

39.

CHAPTER IV.

SECT. 1.-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.

-

55

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.

78

SECT. I-Poor-No beggars among the Quakers-Manner

of relieving and providing for the poor, p.

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

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

their character, p.

83

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, p..

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 doctrine-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.

137

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. II.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

SECT. III.-Inward redemption produces a new birth—and

leads to perfection-This inward redemption possible to

all, p.

SECT. iv.-New birth and perfection more particularly ex-

158

164

plained-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 to maturity, p.

CHAPTER VIII.

175

SECT. 1. Possibility of redemption to all denied by the fa-

vourers of "Election and Reprobation". -Quaker-refutation

of the latter doctrine, p.

SECT. II.-Quaker refutation continued, p.

CHAPTER IX.

185

192

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, p..

CHAPTER X.

206

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-

led and acknowledged among the Quakers, p.. 216

SECT. II. 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.

238

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-