And from this the name of _Quakers_, i.e._Tremblers_, was first reproachfully cast upon us; which though it be none of our choosing, yet in this respect we are not ashamed of it, but have rather reason to rejoice therefore, even that we are sensible of this power that hath oftentimes laid hold of our adversaries, and made them yield to us, and join with us, and confess to the Truth, before they had any distinct and discursive knowledge of our doctrines."-- The Quakers, then, according to this eminent Apologist for them, _had_, from the first, definite doctrines, which might be distinctly and discursively known.

What were they?
They hardly amounted to any express revolution of existing Theology.

In no essential respect did any of their recognised representatives impugn any of the doctrines of Christianity as professed by other fervid Evangelical sects.

The Trinity, the Divinity of Christ, the natural sinfulness of men, propitiation by Christ alone, sanctification by the Holy Spirit, the inspiration and authority of the Scriptures--in these, and in other cardinal tenets, they were at one with the main body of their contemporary Christians.

Though it was customary for a time to confound them with the Ranters, they themselves repudiated the connexion, and opposed the Ranters and their libertinism wherever they met them.