Even baptism and the Lord's supper, by all other sects believed to be interwoven with the very vitals of Christianity, were disdainfully rejected by them.

The very Sabbath they profaned.

The holiness of churches they derided; and they would give to these sacred edifices no other appellation than that of shops or steeplehouses.

No priests were admitted in their sect: every one had received from immediate illumination a character much superior to the sacerdotal.

When they met for divine worship, each rose up in his place, and delivered the extemporary inspirations of the Holy Ghost: women also were admitted to teach the brethren, and were considered as proper vehicles to convey the dictates of the spirit.