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A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume I (of 3)

CHAPTER IV
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CHAPTER IV.
SECT I .-- _The Theatre forbidden--short history of its origin--and of its state and progress_.
SECT II .-- _Manner of the drama objected to by the Quakers--as it personates the characters of others--and it professes to reform vice_.
SECT III .-- _Contents of the drama objected to--as they hold our false sentiments--and weaken the sinews of morality_.
SECT IV .-- _Theater considered by the Quakers to be injurious to the happiness of man, as it disqualifies him for the pleasure of religion_.
SECT V .-- _To be injurious to the happiness of man, as it disqualifies him for domestic enjoyments_.
SECT VI .-- _Opinions of the early Christians on this subject_..


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