They were invented according to the dispositions and appetites of men.

But the latter were from the spirit spiritual.

Hence there was no greater difference between life and death, than between these pleasures.

Hence the human mind was made incapable of receiving both at the same time; and hence the deeper it were to get into the enjoyment of the former, the less qualified it must become of course for the enjoyment of the latter.
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V.
_Theatre forbidden--because injurious to the happiness of man by disqualifying him for domestic enjoyments--Quakers value these next to the pleasures of religion--sentiments of Cowper--theatre has this tendency, by weaning gradually from a love of home--and has it in a greater degree than any other of the amusements of the world._ The Quakers, ever since the institution of their society, have abandoned the diversions of the world.