A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 Taken from a View of the Education and Discipline, Social Manners, Civil and Political Economy, Religious Principles and Character, of the Society of Friends

CHAPTER IV.

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SECT I.--_The Theatre forbidden--short history of its origin--and of its state and progress_.

SECT II.--_Manner of the drama objected to by the Quakers--as it personates the characters of others--and it professes to reform vice_.

SECT III.--_Contents of the drama objected to--as they hold our false sentiments--and weaken the sinews of morality_.

SECT IV.--_Theater considered by the Quakers to be injurious to the happiness of man, as it disqualifies him for the pleasure of religion_.

SECT V.--_To be injurious to the happiness of man, as it disqualifies him for domestic enjoyments_.

SECT VI.--_Opinions of the early Christians on this subject_.