A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 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 III.

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SECT. I. _War--Unlawful for Christians to fight--Scriptural passages in support of this tenet--Answers to these and replies,_

SECT. II. _These passages supported by the opinions and practice of the early Christians,_

SECT. III. _Objection to the motive assigned for this practice--Reply to this objection--Motive confirmed,_

SECT. IV. _Conduct of the early Christians further examined--While Christianity continued pure, they held it unlawful to fight--As it became less pure, their scruples against it declined--As it became corrupt, they ceased,_

SECT. V. _Reflections of the author on the foregoing subject--Supposed conversation with a superior being in another region--New arguments from thence,_

SECT. 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,_