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OF THE

FIRST VOLUME.

INTRODUCTION, page

PREFATORY ARRANGEMENTS AND REMARKS, p.

iii

xxvii

MORAL EDUCATION.

.

CHAPTER I.

Amusements distinguishable into useful and hurtful—the latter

specified and forbidden, p.

35

CHAPTER II.

Sect. I.Games of chance forbidden--history of the origin

of some of these,

39

Sect. 11.- Forbidden as below the dignity of the intellect of

man, and of his christian character, p.

44

Sect. III.-As producing an excitement of the passions, un-

favourable to religious impressions—historical anecdotes of

this excitement, p
..

47

SECT. IV.-As tending to produce, by the introduction of ha-

bits of gaming, an alteration in the moral character, p. 55

CHAPTER III.

SECT. I.Music forbidden-instrumental innocent in itself,

improvement, of of solid comfort to the mind but are feata

ful that, if indulged in, it would interfere with the Cliristian

duty of religious retirement, p.

64

SECT. 111.-rakers cannot learn vocal, because, on account

of its articulative powers, it is capable of becoming detri-

inental to moral.-its tendency to this, as ciscoverable by an

analysis of different classes of songs, p.

69

Sect. IV.--The preceding the arguments of the early Qua-

kers-but the new stute of music has produced other.-

these explained, p.

75

Sect. V.--An objection stated to the different arguments of the

Quakers on this subject-their reply, p.

79

CHAPTER IV.

89

Sect. 1.---The Theatre forvidden-short history of its origin

and of its siate and progress, p.

83

Sect. 11.-Marner of the drama chjected io by the Quakers-

as it personates the characters of cihers-mund as it professesi

to reform vice, p.

Sect. 1.-Contents of the drama objected to as they hold

out false sentiments and weaken the sinews of moral-

ity, p.

92

Sect. IV.-Theatre considered by the Quakers to be injurious

to the happiness of man, as it diệqualifies him for the pleas

sures of religion, p.

97

Sect. Vom To be injurious to the happiness of man; as it dis-

qualifies him for domestic enjoyments, p.

101

SECT. VI.-Opinions of the early Christians on this sub-

ject, po

: 106

.

CHAPTER V.

SECT. I. Dancing forbidden-light in which this subject has

been viewed both by the ancients and the moderns- Quakers

principally object to it, where it is connected with public as-

semblies--they conceive it productive, in this case, of a fri-

volous levity, and of an excitement of many of the evil pas.

sions, þ.

111

.

Sect. II.-These arguments of the Quakers, on dancing, ex-

amined in three supposed cases put to a moral philoso-

pher, p.

116

SECT. III.-These arguments farther elucidated by a display

of the Ball-rooom, po

122

CHAPTER VI.
Novels forbidden--considered by the Quakers as producing a

affectation of knowledgema romantic spiritmaand a pervert-

ed morality, p.

129

CHAPTER VII.

Sect. 1.—Diversions of the field forbidden-general thought-

lessness upon this subject--sentiments of some of our best

poets-law of the Quakers concerning it, p.

137

SECT. II.--Consistency of this law examined by the morality,

which is inculcated by the Old Testament, p.

143

SECT. III.-Examined by the morality of the New-these em-

ployments, if resorted to as diversions, pronounced, in both

cases, to be a breach of a moral law, p.

149

CHAPTER VIII.

Objections to the preceding system, which includes these differ-

ent prohibitions, as a system of moral education, p. 154

CHAPTER IX.

Sect. 1.- Reply of the Quakers to these objections, p. 161

SECT. 11.--Farther reply of the Quakers on the same sub-

ject; p.

167

DISCIPLINE.

CHAPTER I.

SECT. I.Outlines of the discipline of the Quakers, p.

Sect. II.--Männer of the administration of this discipline, 184

175

SECT. III. Charges usually brought against the administro

tion of it-observations in answer to these charges, p. 190

SECT. IV.- The principles of this discipline applicable to the

.

discipline of larger societies, or to the criminal codes of

states—beautiful example in Pennsylvania, po

195

CHAPTER II.

Monthly court or meeting of the Quakers for the purposes of

their discipline-nature and manner of the business trans-

acted there, p.

206

CHAPTER III.

m

Quarterly court or meeting for the same purposes--nature

and manner of the business there, p.

218

CHAPTER IV.

Annual court or meeting for the same purposes--nature and

manner of the business there “striking peculiarities in this

manner--
character of this discipline or government, p. 221

CHAPTER V.

Excommunication or disowning-nature of disowning as a

punishment, p.

235

PECULIAR CUSTOMS.

CHAPTER I.

SECT. I.-Dress-extravagance of the dress of the fifteenth

and sixteenth centuries-plain manner in which the grave

and religious were then habited the Quakers sprang out

of these, p.

241

SECT. II.-Quakers carried with them their plain dresses into

their new society-extravagance of the world continuing,

they defined the objects of dress as a Christian people at

length incorporated it into their discipline-hence their pre-

sent dress is only a less deviation from that of their ances-

tors, than that of other people, p.

249