CONTENTS

OF THE

THIRD VOLUME.

GREAT TENETS.

CHAP. I.

Civil Government-governors have no right to interfere

in matters of religion—nor are the governed

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 account to

resist them by force of arms

CHAP. II.

Oaths-Christians are not to take Civil oaths-reasons

of the Quakers for their disuse of them 8

CHAP. III.

SECT. 1. War- unlawful for Christians to fight-scrifi-

tural passages in support of this tenet-an-

swers to these, and replies

17

SECT. 2. These passages supported by the opinions and

practice of the early Christians

28

Sect. 3. Objection to the motive assigned for this prac-

tice-reply to this objection motive confirm-

ed

37

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 war declined

as it became corrupt, they ceased 47

Sect. 5. Reflections of the Author on the foregoing sub-

ject-supposed conversation with a superior

being in another region- new arguments from

thence

55

Sect. 6. Subject further considerederroneous 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 nature of

this policy--but not necessary, where men act

on the policy of the Gospel

64

Sect. 7. This doctrine confirmed by historical cases 72

SECT. 8. Final examination of the subject

79

CHAP. IV.

SECT. 1. Maintenance of 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 his-

torical facts relative to this doctrine 85

SECT. 2. Additional reasons against the payment of those

of another denomination, as collected from a

History of Tithes

95

SECT. 3. A more particular statement of these rea.

104

CHARACTER.

CHAP. I.

Character of the Quakers-difficulties in the proper es-

timation of character-these removable in the

present case

109

CHAP. II.

Character general or particular their general, is that of

a moral people

113

CHAP. III.

Sect. 1. Character particular-first of their particular

traits is benevolence to man in his temporal

capacity

117

Sect. 2. Second is benevolence to man in his religious

capacity

126

SECT. 3, Third is benevolence or a tender feeling for the

brute-creation

131

CHAP. IV.

Fourth is complacency of mind and manners

134

CHAP. V.

Fifth is that they do not sacrifice their consciences, as a

body of Christiaus, where they believe a

compliance with any law or custom to be

wrong

137

CHAP. VI.

Sixth is that in political affairs they reason upon princi

ple, and not upon consequences

147

Imperfect traitsthese are either intellectually or morally

defective-first of these is a deficiency in lite-

rature and science, when compared with other

people

168

Sect. 1. Fourth is a money-getting spirit--this spirit

seldom chargeable with avarice

186

SECT. 2. Practicable methods suggested for the extirpa-

tion of it

193

CHAP. XIV.

Fifth is a want of animation or affection--this an appear-

ance only

200