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But why dost thou JUDGE thy brother? or why dost thou SET AT
NOUGHT thy brother? for we shall ALL stand before the judgment-seat
of CHRIST.

Let us not therefore JUDGE one another any more, but judge this
rather, that no man put a STUMBLING BLOCK, or an OCCASION то
FALL, in his brother's way.-Rom. ch. xiv. v. 10 & 15.

And mark ;—it is not the different practice from one another that breaks
the peace and unity, but the JUDGING OF ONE ANOTHER because of
different practices.-Isaac Penington, vol. i. p. 320.

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"The great error of the ages of the apostacy has been to set up an

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OUTWARD ORDER AND UNIFORMITY, and to make men's consciences "bend thereto, either by arguments of wisdom or by force; but the pro"perty of the true church government, is to leave the conscience to its "full liberty in the Lord, to preserve it single and entire for the Lord to "exercise, and TO SEEK UNITY IN THE LIGHT, AND IN THE SPIRIT, "WALKING SWEETLY AND HARMONIOUSLY TOGETHER IN THE MIDST

"OF DIFFERENT PRACTICES."-Penington, vol. i. p. 323.0700

"It seems to be time for the sincere in heart to wave the CEREMONI"ALS OF RELIGION (concerning which there hath been enough of con"tention and animosity) for the sake of its ESSENCE. In proportion

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men are gathered to the ONE THING NEEDFUL, the GOVERNMENT OF "CHRIST'S SPIRIT IN THE HEART, they lose the inclination for contention, " and are in the true way to unity.. Then can they breathe forth the pri"mitive and permanent gospel language," Glory to God in the highest, "and on earth peace, good will towards men. -Preface to the Summary

of the History, Doctrine, and Discipline of Friends.

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The occurrence of events, like those recorded in the following narrative, would therefore naturally be regarded as extraordinary, and could not fail to excite a peculiar intereft. From various causes, however, it has happened, that correct information concerning these events, has not been procurable, without great difficulty, even by per

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