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U A

bnr;~tc

r :1flU"In:tnC'c.

(;o\'c rnr.'lcnt

ha!:, howcver,

in Ola–

ny inU;(ncC's. extt:nded

(his

pcople

Crc..

Indulgen'

cies; convinccd. no

douln,

lneir

ptl.tient fuffcnng,

-that th t:ir

prorllli~n3

conrcicntious

fcruplc'l \Vere

{incele,

3011

th.n

notlllng J ,u'cerous

focif'ty

could be ::.prre–

henJc;'o

(ron1

pcoph: who

difcl ...imcd

lhe

ule

arms

both olr::nli\"e Jnd c1cfenlive. T he o:conomy of 1his

fo ·

ciely likcwlfc d<: fcrve'S \lU!" natice.

appears

their

hinar}', that

fo"n

a(tcr the

preachinc

G eolge Fox

h ad

or.1\\' 0

wc: rher

in many parts of

Enghnrt con(¡ocr"bl..!

bodic;; of

plupl l! profdIing

the (ame

oplnions,

he flJund

cXl'cdient

(Uf

t\;leir bt:tlcr governmeot

eClablirh

re–

gular mectings (or difcipline. The following

1S,

íI.!I

l1ear1 y as

can coJlcél, lhe pl<4n chal

ellablltllcd

a .

montifl

Ihe",.

\ Vhert! lhcre are any

~ke.rs

they

meet

10&C1her e·

very monlh,

conCider of the neceOities of their roer,

RDd tO provide (or their relief; to hear aod deterOlme

complaints ariGng among lhemfelves; to ¡nquire ioto the

converfa:ion o( their refpetli\'e mcmbers in rega rd lO mo–

r"lity

and

conformity

lheir religious rcnliments

al.

Jow lhe pafling o( mdrri2gl!s; anJ to enjoin

a ftrll'l

rcgc.rd

te Ihe peace and good order of lhe focielY,

Ihe

propt:r e·

'¿ucation

their youog peoplc, and a general aueOlioo

(O the priociples and pra{liccs of the:ir pro(efIions , lo

every count.y ....'hcre there are monthly mcetings,

meet·

ing of ,he like kind is held, .nd for

r.mil

. r purpores. eve–

r )'

qllarter, This meeting confi{ls of depulies

feOl

from

the fevcral monlh ly mecli ngs. who are charged with

:110·

fwers

writing

qucries propofed tO (hem refpeéling

the good order ofthe foc,ety. A t thefe meetings appeal,

.;I re reccived, in cafe of aoy di(pUles ; and diffe.reoces

fc:t–

tled, if poffible:

Advices are given as occaMons off'e"'r, and

affiflc¡oce affurded tO any o( the monlhly meetings.

cafe

of a larger proponíon of poor, or any firnilar cxpcnccs.

there are Q.uakers in moll pans of England, there are

few counties which h:¡ve noc thefe quarterly meetings .

Ar.d from lhefe are J eputed 4, 6 or

of (heír members

once a.year tO their annual aCfflmbly at L ondoo.

T he anoual muting

¡,

commonly hdd in VV'hitfun·

week. nol from any fuperllitious reference, as (hey {",y,

t o ,he effuGon of ,he Holy Gho(l

,he ,ime o( P<leco(l,

hut merely as it is a feafon lOoll generally convenient

the body, Ac this anniverfary meeting, confifling of

cleputie!f (rom every qu:tnerly meeting. and a num 'er of

Ihl.! moO jndicious of their perfuafion io L ondon, fclcéted

for ,he purpofe o( alling on ,11 emergencies for ,he good

of the fociety. accounlS are receivcd of lhe (late o( lhe

fociety in evcry pa n of che world where it exilts . The

deputies briog with lhem acCounts figned by order of the

refpeétive quanerly mcelings, informing the yearly OIe:et·

ing, if any difunion appears; if there is any neglc-ét in re·

gard to the religíous education of rheir youth; ir lhe poor

~re

\Vd!

pro\'ided fo r; if Ihey keep to Iheir tellimony

&ainl1 paying tythe s. ;¡gainl1 beariog arms; if thcy p..y the

king his dutics. cu(loms, and excife , and forbear tO Jeal

in goods fufpcétcd tO be runo Appeals

here recci\'ed,

;ind fi na!ly

c1t!I~rl1lined ~

propofitions r(ceived, Rod con–

fu.tererJ; and rules formed 00 particular

C'm~( genclt'~

And , 1;¡(lJy. fu ch advices are fc:nt to Ihe! fuborrlin:u c

tnet'tings as the particular or genera) (late of the (oclc:ry

'E(''l ui res.

.)'erb,ps ,hi,

¡,

Iheonly foci.' y io ,be wotlJ Iha, ha, cal ·

Jowc,l ;¡ny

n. He

i.l lhc

:1)"i1~gement

(h~ir

afl'.ir, to the

(e_

m.de

fex; whi,h th.:y doupoll Ihe princi pIe lhal m.4le and fe.

nlale tlre onetn ehr,lt I\ ccordlogl y we find theO! in

cvc:ry

J e–

p.lrI\lh~nt

tll~lr

in:tit ut,ou. They h<lve

women- préach–

ers. for

whom

Ihe cc:llhrated Locke Oladc ao exccJlenl apo·

loó)'

Thc(c

h..t\·~

:1110 thel r Oleellngs of di f..:i pline; in

whu:h

thehk.c c"re: iSlaken

reg.trd

rhe femate youlh,

an.i

Ihe!

good

order uf Iheir fex, as is done:

Ihe me-n

refpeét tO their

o.'. n

And when

we rt.fle{t

Wh.H a num·

bl.'r

Ind.viduals

bOlh fexes are kcpt

good order by

thc p(lJiC'C of this

iO':H~ty.

how few oflhem art' brought imo

Courts

o( jufliceasdcLnq uenu, how peaccdble thcir beha\·j·

our, aod ho'", cxe,npldfy thel r cCJOduél, we cannot

but

tluok

thelr

inciplcs dcfrrve a more accurate eXAmlnation

th.ln

hilShl:hc:n o Leen ,ulcmpted, owir.g

rh "ps tO the vulgarpre.

j udices circu)

H t d

ag;¡inH them. We

Ih.dl

clofe this anicle

widl obfer\'ing, lhat, lccurding tO lhe beft o( our IOfo,m;¡–

tion, nc:ither ¡ht'ir mindlers, nor (hofe who have the pn oci.

pal

cue of thefocie,y, eRjoy any pecuoiary emoJumeot or

¡¡¡dvantages.

(ew

clerks ooly rcceive {aUnes for keep –

ing their recordsj

rhat perh..ps there is nOl a reJig'ous

[oclety now exiflinl: . where principie has greater ¡nRucoce

io promoling Ihe eods o( Iheir IC(btulion.

¡s reOlarkable, tAal

che rettlements of lhe Euro–

-peans in America, except the Q uaker

f~(lleDleDt

of Peno

(jl v¡¡nia. were made by force

arms, with very litt!e

regilrd to dny prior title in Ihe

naliv~5 ,

The kings of

Sp¡¡in. P ortugal, F rance, and Brini n, together with the

St ~tes

of H olh nd, rhen Ihe only maritime powers .

gave

gr"ots of fu eh

p:l rts

of America as lheir people could lay

hold 0.0, Hudying only to ¡void ¡nlerference with their

Europeiln

n~ighbours.

But

Penn. being

~aker,

d,d no, ,hink his powers from king eh.des 11. a luflici–

tol cide'

the COUOtry

Goce

called PenCtlvani. : H e there–

fore a{fcmblcd the fachems or princes lhen in thac coun–

t ry, and purchafed Irom them the eXlent of land that he

wanted. The government of this province is moHly in

the h:mds of the Quaker!, \Vho

never

have any qual

reJs

with the ni\lives. When they ddile to exteod their {el'"

t1C!menu, they purchare new Jaods of lhe fachems, neTer

uking an y thing (rom lhem by force. H\lW' "nlike is this

conduét to thal o( lhe Spaniards. who murdered milJioos

o( the nallves of l\l r:x.ico, Terra Firma, Peru, Chdi,

óc.

The barb.uities lI ft::d

thefe poor Indians in conquerin,

their C(Juntrr. and forcín,; theOl to dí{cover their gold,

u e

í1

repro~ch

to human n:Hure.

Q,y ALITY.

dLfi n<r1 by Mr Locke, 'o be ,he power iD

• lubj

él

of pr ooucing any idea in ,he miod. Se< 111

E–

TA rHYS IC S.

Cho/licul

Q.~

A L I T I ES,

thofe qualities principaJJy ¡otrodu –

ceJ by Olt'<l ns ol dl(mic.¡J experiments, as (uOlig<ttion, a·

Olillgnmation, cupell.mon, \'ohuiltzation, precipnation,

crc.

See

eH E

P>II

STR Y.

~AL I TV

IS .1)(0

ufed for a kind cf tille

ciren

tO certain

perfons. in regilrd of their {(rritories, fignoric:s, or othcr

pretcnfions.

AMSI. a province o( China, bounocJ

o)'

,he pro"ince

of Yun,¡n on the wcfl.

Queych1!u 00 the o..>nh, by

~lmlum

0 0

Ihe can , ami

r.yT

onq\lin on lhe f" mh .

Q.U!\MTUl\f.

CASTOS,

pro\'in~t!

0(Chl0\, lWlI O\I·

('n hy

H u~u"m

and Klamfi (' n the nonh,

r.\'

~\,kcn

the can , by the oeeaDon the fOUlh, and

~.lm[j

du:

w~ll.

~' :\)I.