Chapter IX

SECT. I.--_Reply of the Quakers to these objections_.

SECT. II.--_Further reply of the Quakers on the same subject_.

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DISCIPLINE.

CHAPTER I.

SECT. I.--_Outlines of the discipline of the Quakers_.

SECT. II.--_Manner of the administration of this discipline_.

SECT. III.--_Charges usually brought against the administration of it--observations in answer in these charges_.

SECT. IV.--_The principles of this discipline applicable to the discipline of larger societies, or to the criminal codes of states--beautiful example in Pennsylvania_.

CHAPTER II.

_Monthly court or meeting of the Quakers for the purposes of their discipline--nature and manner of the business transacted there_.

CHAPTER III.

_Quarterly court or meeting for the same purposes--nature and manner of the business there_.

CHAPTER IV.

_Annual court or meeting for the same purposes--nature and manner of the business there--striking peculiarities in this manner--character of this discipline or government_.

CHAPTER V.

_Excommunication or disowning--nature of disowning as a punishment_.

PECULIAR CUSTOMS.