A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3

The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume III (of 3), by Thomas ClarksonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume III (of 3)Author: Thomas ClarksonRelease Date: March 9, 2005 [EBook #15304]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A PORTRAITURE OF QUAKERISM, ***Produced by Carlo Traverso, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file wasproduced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) athttp://gallica.bnf.fr.A PORTRAITURE OF QUAKERISM.TAKEN FROM A VIEW OF THE EDUCATION AND DISCIPLINE, SOCIAL MANNERS, CIVIL AND POLITICAL ECONOMY, RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES ANDCHARACTER, OF THESociety of Friends* * * * *BY THOMAS CLARKSON, M.A.AUTHOR OF SEVERAL ESSAYS ON THE SLAVE TRADE.VOL. III.CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUME.* * * * *GREAT TENETS.CHAPTER I.Civil government—Governors have no right to interfere in matters of religion—Nor are the governed bound toobey, where their consciences are oppressed by doing it—but they are to be willing to suffer the penaltiesannexed to their disobedience—and they are on no account to resist them by force of arms,CHAPTER II.Oaths—Christians are not to take civil ...