A Defence of the Christian Doctrines of the Society of Friends
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Excerpt from A Defence of the Christian Doctrines of the Society of Friends: Against the Charge of Socinianism; And Its Church Discipline Vindicated; To Which Is Prefixed a Letter to John Strictures on the Eighth and Ninth Editions of That Work There doth not exist a religious Society that has been more calumniated either ´through prejudice, ´passion, or interest,´ than that of the Friends, usually denominated Quakers. The most contradictory appellations have been given to them, without the least regard to truth, but as they best suited the designs of their adversaries; thus they have been, at different periods, represented as Papilts, and Deists, Jesuits, and Socinians, Anabaptists, Ranters, Fanatics, Enthusiasts, Blasphemers. And now the old charge of Socinianism, under the new name of Unitarianism, is revived against our first Friends; and an abdication of their primitive Christian principles, and intolerance towards those who advocate such principles, are the accusations preferred against their succeffors; because they firmly resist all attempts to impose upon the Society such unfound doctrine for genuine Christianity. The following pages are designed to defend our Society from these new charges and calumnies, that have been circulated respecting its Christian principles, and conduct, in a case that came before the yearly meeting of 1So1; in cetain publications, viz. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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