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j ' &d * eHnemption from contributing rf tofehe £ upp ©* fc of the ecclesiastical institutions of thtf country . They extended the maxim politically ; jioiarms . to be taken up in , repelliog the injustice of a foreign power upon the body politic * if he
invaded you , whether for the purpose of conquering or e ^ te r . roinating you ; no . p ^ rsot > al resistance tp be inade to him ; all , all Was ; pe ^ ueeable ^ quiescence in the greatest atrocities , / civil or politic
c # * It j ^^ ue , if all mankind , both ia ^^^ fe iiiVfi vidual and collected ca ^^ ity ^^ ted upon this prjnciple ^ therSBiuld be ho such tiling a& oppression , no such a req&m&p as resistance ; but as suck idJfpfUhe state of things * at pre
sei ^ tJbpir maxi ms seem highly detrimental , Wtj&ysay monstrous . But what ex ^ R ^ -my astonish * . imefct is , that , 4 hese seems to be a great degree of laxity crept' in
aftfongst them , respecting some of tfieir maxims , deenf ^ p by them formerly of vital importance , wfcilfcl there is a fSertinacity of ad-Ireteace to others ( in the eye of
t&stg&tk ridiculous , and even injuy ft& * 8 ) y but which formej || a t the ftfettbd . 'K' allude to . no ^^ rt of w « r discipline . I perceive now , that if a wealthy quakeris wronged or robbid . of his property , one distinguishing principle of tlg sect vanishes like chaff before toP
wind—the not shedding of human blood ;—hfc immediately advertises a reward for the man who will discover and convict the s ^ Jbiler ^^ ai ! vd . thua , like . a carnally mWded citWj ^ Jbe immolates a
vftp tchei ] \ hi ^ iuM . being ., - t ! u ? is hrr | ne ? of whfit ? . fce q «^ i aM > ca 1 h Hfhe * raamm «* in of ilnrightcous * ness !^ Here is a dereliction from ^ iic ienf Quakerism ; n $ fwhh-
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at ^ ndingi wttt ^ h ^ e i ^ p $ M 3 fti # edV fa retain fWlo ^ shi ^^ uh > | i i ^ retJ ^^ On the other hancl , ^ h ^^ ^ li ^ l ^ say to the modem ^^ o ^ ^ f ^
pelling a brotfier ^^ ker % n ^^ ryiiigout oftjthe ^ o ^ n ^^ on ? rv . ^ Though n ^ fQuakei- myself \ i | jb my felicity that I . ato ^ cq ^ ai ^ y with sl family who a ^ f of tJb ^ t ? di ?* nom | iiation of Christians . Ih ^ e for many year * experienced Ttpeir rv ^
frientkhip ; I have ob ^ € d j ^ t& constancy and strength rtow ^ rik others , whom they believe de « serving of it ; their love of libierV y ^ of literature and ; science ; thek liberality in the cause oi indiyi *
dual and general beneyolence ap < i the ^ nstant proprie ty ^| i gentj ^ , n ^ PQBf , their , mapn ^ rs ^^ ^^^ P qualiti ^ i which so exalt chilstiau domestic societies , that : those oWJI ^ jF * " £ *] world , whether high o r ^^ v , sink
into a contemptible insignificance by the comparison ! One of this esteenied family inarried a wcM" || jy young lady p £ a different jxrcifes sicxn ; I have pften the pl $ a * u ? e of witnessing ttne ? iy inytuai happu ness ; and the Quaker was dis $ ziiti ed . If he had paid tythfi ^ to hiji parish priest he would ; ^ ay < 5 fee- ^ come liable to be disowned ^ an 4 if , i ^ i the glorious preparation ^ made in this countryi : " tp . giyjp a proper reception jtdjthat m ? an wha is the terror . of Eiirape- an 4 the scouree of nations , he had also .
with his friends and neighbours , buckled Ins sword upon , his thigh , he would have been disowned . # ov ]^ ir leaving the peculiarly P ^ alHpble upiniai ^ s of the Quakers outof Ae question , \ should
like to ^ eiDforcaed ^ y . ^ ooie ^ or ~ thy ii ? div | jfel Mxfyt P ^ si ^ f ^ ^ 7 KmS ^^ ^ fl-i 5 rt S collections for the support of Uieii poor Jj h < fir schools , their meeting-
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• PO On the Inconsistencies of Quakers *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1809, page 560, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1741/page/30/
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