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on ifteW wife and Ivbetat principfes ioWtfnls George Keith , but 4 * lie hath often qtiarrelled with us ' * say they , " -about
Confessions [ of' faith ] , declaring he kriew jione given forth by the body of friends to his satisfaction , and often charged most of us with being unsound in the faith . 9 > How did i
tWe Meeting act towards this ** unruly member / ' who , not satisfied with the tolerance of the Church towards himself , and his fanciful unscriptural notions , Tftould hav g imposed them upon Ms brethren ?
« We have offered in several meetings , " say they , < c for his s&tisfactioh , and to prevent strife aitiongstf its , and for preserving the peafce of tHe church , to deliver a confession of our Christian
faith , in the words of our Lord aind Saviour Jesus Christ , the au . fiior dfthe Christian faith , and in the words of the apostles , and flisriples , hte faithful followers . " This is to btiild ^ upon the true foundation which our great
Master hath laid , and not only to respect the ' rights of private judgitteht , but to encourage their exercise , and to be amiably indulgent to the weaknesses of an individual member . But they even ^ verit farther than this in the vain
hope of effecting conciliation , and promoting the peace ? of the church , by such devices as have never , to ftny good purpose , proved successful . For they added : u Or we Would declare our belief in
testimonies of our ancient friends and faithful brethren , who were generally received by us ; or we would concur and agree upon a confession , and have it transmitted for the approbation of the Yearly Meeting here , or the Yearly Meet-
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ing at London *; yea , it was offered unto him at the same time , that a confession concerning the main matters in controversy , should be given out of a book of his owi ) % ^ - ^ 'Is * but all was slighted as
insufficient . " Ibid , p : 335 . In the spring of 16 Q 4 * , George Keith returned to England , and attended the ensuing Yearly Meeting in London , which used earnest endeavours , during no less than
ten days , to reconcile the difference , and prevail upon George Keith , with his party , to return into unity and amity with their friends ; but Keith * seeming predetermined for carrying every thing his own way , or for a separation , eluded all endeavours for
reconciliation and peace . " Ibid , p . 383 . A few years afterwards this zealous advocate for unscriptural confessions of faith , was ordained
or took priest ' s orders in the Established ChuTch , and consequently , subscribed the Thirtynine Articles . At this time he accused the Quakers of being
more heretical ihan any other society of Protestants , and it is probable the Yearly Meeting of 1694 was induced to issue the following Minute ^ as a means of
repelling the aspersions he had cast on the Society , respecting matters of faith , and of asserting the scriptural soundness of their belief concerning Christ , viz .
" If there be any such gross errors , false doctrines , or mistakes , held by any professing truth , as are either against the validity of
Christ ' s sufferings , blood , resurrection , ascension , or glory in the heavens , according as they are Set forth in the scriptures ; or any ways tending to the denial of the
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F ^ V # * ^ /^^ amohgit tht Quakers . 107
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1814, page 107, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2437/page/35/
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