[A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume I (of 3) by Thomas Clarkson]@TWC D-Link bookA Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume I (of 3) INTRODUCTION 236/423
Are Friends careful to avoid all vain sports and places of diversion, gaming, all unnecessary frequenting of taverns, and other public houses, excess in drinking, and other intemperance? VII.
Do Friends bear a faithful and Christian testimony against receiving and paying tythes, priests demands, and those called church-rates? VIII.
Are Friends faithful in our testimony against bearing arms, and being in any manner concerned in the militia, in privateers, letters of marque, or armed vessels, or dealing in prize-goods? IX.
Are Friends clear of defrauding the king of his customs, duties and excise, and of using, or dealing in goods suspected to be run? X.Are the necessities of the poor among you properly inspected and relieved; and is good care taken of the education of their offspring? XI.
Have any meetings been settled, discontinued, or united since last year? XII.
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