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    may , 'ttf 43 ) 6 same timey be a miserable ni&ri * £#£ he cannot while he * is rich be poof . The avaricious miser ^ ^ 3 ^ fe ' 'f common ng | N $$ aries . FFGm : but do his lilies consist in the possession or

    iVHAe enjoyment of his property ? If in ' the possession of it ; then white he retains the possession , whether he enjoys it or no , he ^ vill remain rich , and cannot be poof , \ i in the enjoyment of it , then while he denies himself common

    necessaries , he is not rich , so THAT IK NEITHER CASE CAN BE BE RICH AND POOR AT THE same -TiMis , / 9 Your correspolideirt ' s representation is as follows ; ''So Mr ^| i / s atgurment stai | ds

    as follows ;—a rich man , ( tha ^ f ^ a roan possessed of property ) , ca % * HOt whileffjlg is rich be poor ; but

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    ON THE INCONSISTENCIES OF THE QUAKERS * ' to

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    jL ^ r the . r Monthly Repository ,

    ' Win , March 18 , I 8 O 9 . Ydur correspondent , S . P . * in disputing the peculiarly distinguishing doctrine of the Quakers , ought to have taken a less exceptionable example than that of the

    Ji \ an who , in his mistaken zeal , went to d ^ rturb Richard Baxter and his congregation . There are fanatics in every profession , whether civil , political , or religious , jJot whose extravagancies their ^ sober and reasonable brethren can

    never pretend to be accountable . I do not expect that any on £ oi that' respectable fraternity JKlr ' feel himself called upon to d $ ptit $ that doctrine ) ( the inward light , ) which has been ( only sheeringly glance 4 at ,-without argument . —^ ' ¦ - ' > * ' ' « & ' ¦ -- —""¦ ¦ ' v PC' '

    * Monthl ^ | lcpository , Voljjj ^ p , 1

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    a rich tclan , ( or a man possessedM of property ) , i » ay , while he * ts ^ rick be poor ; and thus , strange as it may appear , white he is in the act of endeavouring to ^ frrive that Mr . B . ' s declaration involves

    11 Contrad ^ ctioti he falls into n palpable contradittioii himself /* By comparing the above passages , your readers \ vill perceive that your correspondent makes me assert what 1 niost ^ exprcSsl j and positively deny *

    The above is the dn | v statement Mr . C . has maditjf ^ riy (> f my arguments ^ fHher in refu tation ofMr . B . s # in defence of my own sense of the passageiii "' questioti ' ' . ^^ I remain lllr ¦ W Yours , &c . ™ JOHN MARSt >| t \

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    But there are such inconsistencies ^ amongst the mocj ^ erh Qaafcers o £ departure from soine of their ancient maxims , and of adherence ; , to ° ^ S 3 ^ ^ would fu rnish a much better iBp ic to expatiate upon , than th ^ ^ one above mentioned . Originally , they carried the maxim of not returning evil for evil to such a length , as not only to aJfeain from resenting injuries perr sonall y ; but even from applying to our Courts of Law for protection

    | : 475 froni them , much less for the kpwiiskment of those who had been ^ either guilty of abuse of their persons , or plunder of their properties . This , nbJdoubt was 6 h _ the score , of cor ^ jRierJCe - and on the same principle they claimed i < ¦ 'i' , . ^ ' \ ¦ « .... ¦ ¦ ¦ .. 1 . 1 ...,.. i 1 . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' .. » « w » WW »»» in ix ¦ > m $ t >¦ ' L < "* **

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    Oto the Tftcongisttitczes of Quakers , 5 S&

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1809, page 559, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1741/page/29/