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Excerpt from A Careful and Free Inquiry Into the True Nature and Tendency of the Religious Principles of the Society of Friends, Commonly Called Quakers: In Two Parts
Sect. 24. On war - the society has never stated this question fairly nor correctly - they confound offensive and defensive war - what has been advanced by their most rational defend ers participates more of the nature of declamation than argu ment - Specimen of it - arguments for defensive war - precept s - examples sanctioned by God - defensive war began in hea ven - the principle of non-resistance shown to be of a danger ous tendency in a political view - not reducible to practice by the society, nor by any sect-the principle shown to be of a dangerous moral tendency, if carried into effect by any portion of men it would hold out encouragement and facilities to the robber and the murderer - it would encrease crime and moral pollution to an incalculable extent - the practice of the society seems to do violence to their theory, note - the leaders of the society before the year 1660 do not appear to have held this principle as now professed to be held by the Quakers-colli sion between the principle and the practice of their ancient el ders - their re-capture, vi et armis, of a sloop taken away by pirates from the port of Philadelphia - re-capture of Friend captain Pattison's ship, note - Penn's views and practice Paxton boys - only one thing has saved the existence of the society, and this principle in their system - that is, their fel iow citizens have neither believed nor practised upon it.
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