Q U A K E R I s M,

AS TAKEN FROM

LA VIEW OF THE

MORAL EDUCATION, DISCIPLINE, PECULIAR

CUSTOMS, RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES,
. POLITICAL AND CIVIL @CONOMY,

AND CHARACTER,

OF THE
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.

. BY
THOMAS CLARKSON, M. A.
AUTHOR OF SEVERAL ESSAYS ON THE SUBJECT OF

PRINTED BY R. TAYLOR AND CO., SHOE-LANE,
FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1 11 JAN 1968

OĚ THE

SECOND VOLUME.

PECULIAR CUSTOMS.

CHAP: Ii

Sect. 1. Marriage regulations and example of George

Fox relative to marriage-present regulations

and manner of the celebration of it among the

Quakers ii oo .. . .. .. p. 3

Sect. 2. Those who marry out of the Society are dis-

owned-various reasons for such a measure

objection to it-reply .. ii .. 10
SECT. 3. but the disowned may be restored tô member

ship-terms of their restoration---these terms

censured-reply .. .. .. .. .. .18

SECT. 4. more women disowned on this account than

men--probable causes of this difference of

number .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23

CHAP. II.

Sect. 1. Funerals extravagance and pageantry of an-

tient and modern funerals these discarded

by the Quakers-plain manner in which they

inter their dead .. .. .. .. i 27

Sect. 2. Quakers use no tomb-stones, nor monumental

inscriptions_various reasons of their disuse

of these . .. . riin ono. 39

VOL. II.

Sect,