VI. _Subject further considered--Erroneous conceptions of those
who argue in favor of the necessity of war--This 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,_

SECT. VII. _This doctrine confirmed by historical cases,_

SECT. VIII. _Final examination of the subject,_

CHAPTER IV.

SECT. I. _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 historical facts relative to
this doctrine,_

SECT. II. _Additional reasons against the payment of those of another
denomination, as collected from a history of tithes,_

SECT. III. _A more particular statement of these reasons,_

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CHARACTER.

CHAPTER I.

_Character of the Quakers--Difficulties in the proper estimation of
character--These removable in the present case,_

CHAPTER II. _Character general or particular--General is that of a moral
people,_

CHAPTER III.

SECT. I. _Character particular--First of the particular traits is
benevolence to man in his temporal capacity,_

SECT. II. _Second is benevolence to man in his religious capacity,_

SECT. III. _Third is benevolence, or a tender feeling for the brute
creation,_

CHAPTER IV.

_Fourth is complacency of mind and manners,_

CHAPTER V.

_Fifth is, that they do not sacrifice their consciences, as a body of
Christians, where they believe a compliance with any law or custom to be
wrong,_

CHAPTER VI.

_Sixth is, that in political affairs they reason upon principle, and not
upon consequences,_

CHAPTER VII.

_Seventh is independence of mind,_

CHAPTER VIII.

SECT. I. _Eighth is courage in life,_

SECT. II. _Ninth is courage in death,_

CHAPTER IX.

_Tenth is punctuality to words and engagements,_

CHAPTER X.

_Imperfect traits--These are either intellectually or morally
defective--First of these is a deficiency in literature and science,
when compared with other people,_

CHAPTER XI.

_Second is superstition--Distinctions on this subject,_

CHAPTER XII.

_Third is obstinacy--No foundation for this trait,_

CHAPTER XIII.

SECT. I. _Fourth is a money-getting spirit--This spirit seldom
chargeable with avarice,_

SECT. II. _Practicable methods suggested for the extirpation of it,_

CHAPTER XIV.

Fifth is a want of animat