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TITLE: A review of the general and particular causes which have produced the late disorders and divisions in the Yearly meeting of Friends, held in Philadelphia : with introductory remarks on the state of the primitive churches, their gradual declension, and subsequent advancement in reformation, to the rise of the Society of Friends

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DISORDERS AND DIVISIONS

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(2) PREFACE. Starts at - Img 4 Pg UN
(3) CONTENTS. Starts at - Img 8 Pg UN
(4) INTRODUCTION. EXPLICATION OF PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES. Starts at - Img 10 Pg UN
(5) CHAPTER I. STATE OF THE PRIMITIVE CHURCHES AND THEIR DECLENSION FROM ORIGINAL PURITY, INTO ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENTS. Starts at - Img 14 Pg 5
(6) CHAPTER II. ORIGIN OF THE ORTHODOX CREED, AND GRADUAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION. Starts at - Img 22 Pg 13
(7) CHAPTER III. RISE OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, THEIR PECULIAR PRINCIPLES LEADING UNTO PECULIAR TESTIMONIES. Starts at - Img 30 Pg 21
(8) CHAPTER IV. THE CHRISTIAN DISCIPLINE OF FRIENDS GRADUALLY ESTABLISHED, AND THE USEFULNESS OF THE SOCIETY EXHIBITED. Starts at - Img 40 Pg 31
(9) CHAPTER V. REVIEW OF THE GENERAL CAUSES OF DECLENSION IN THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, THE SETTLEMENT OF THE SOCIETY IN PENNSYLVANIA, AND SUBSEQUENT DECLENSION. Starts at - Img 48 Pg 39
(10) CHAPTER VI. CAUSES OF THE LATE DISORDERS IN THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, WITHIN THE YEARLY MEETING, HELD IN PHILADELPHIA. Starts at - Img 62 Pg 53

(10.3) Elias Hicks' Letter to the foregoing Ten Elders. Starts at - Img 80 Pg 71

(10.4) Letter from Three Members of the Southern Quarterly Meeting, concerning Elias Hicks. Starts at - Img 82 Pg 73

(10.6) Letter from Twenty-two Members of the Southern Quarterly Meeting, concerning Elias Hicks. Starts at - Img 87 Pg 78

(11) CHAPTER VII. ORIGIN AND DUTIES OF ELDERS IN THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS—ORTHODOX PARTY FORMED, AND ENDEAVOUR TO INTRODUCE A CREED INTO THE SOCIETY. Starts at - Img 90 Pg 81
(12) CHAPTER VIII. ORTHODOX PARTY PURSUING MEASURES TO SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS—UNCOMMON OCCURRENCES IN THE WESTERN MEETING. Starts at - Img 98 Pg 91
(13) CHAPTER IX. CAUSES OF DIVISION IN PHILADELPHIA QUARTERLY MEETING. Starts at - Img 116 Pg 109
(14) CHAPTER X. REVIEW OF THE DISCIPLINARY PRINCIPLE OF FRIENDS, WITH REMARKS ON THE ALLEGED LAYING DOWN OF GREEN STREET MONTHLY MEETING BY PHILADELPHIA QUARTERLY MEETING. Starts at - Img 140 Pg 133

(14.2) At an adjourned Monthly Meeting of Friends, held at Green street, Philadelphia, the 4th of 10th month, 1827. Starts at - Img 149 Pg 144

(15) CHAPTER XI. INCONSISTENT PROCEEDINGS IN THE MEETING FOR SUFFERINGS. Starts at - Img 174 Pg 169
(16) CHAPTER XII. DIVIDING CAUSES IN THE YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS HELD IN PHILADELPHIA IN THE FOURTH MONTH, 1827. Starts at - Img 192 Pg 187

(16.2) To Friends within the compass of the Yearly Meeting held in Philadelphia. Starts at - Img 204 Pg 199

(17) CHAPTER XIII. OCCURRENCES IN CONNEXION WITH THE GENERAL MEETING OF FRIENDS HELD, BY ADJOURNMENTS, AT GREEN STREET MEETING-HOUSE, IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, ON THE 4TH AND 5TH DAYS OF 6TH MONTH, 1827, PURSUANT TO AN ADJOURNMENT ON THE 21ST OF FOURTH MONTH PREVIOUS. Starts at - Img 211 Pg 206

(17.2) To Friends of the Quarterly and Monthly Meetings within the compass of the Yearly Meeting held in Philadelphia. Starts at - Img 220 Pg 215

(18) CHAPTER XIV. EXTRA SESSION OF THE YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS, HELD IN PHILADELPHIA, IN THE 10TH MONTH, 1827, ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE HELD ON THE 4TH AND 5TH OF THE 6TH MONTH. Starts at - Img 227 Pg 222

(18.2) An Epistle from the Yearly Meeting of Friends, Held in Philadelphia by adjournments, from the 15th of the tenth month to the 19th of the same, inclusive, 1827, to the Quarterly, Monthly, and Particular meetings of Friends within the compass of the said Yearly Meeting. Starts at - Img 233 Pg 230

(19) CHAPTER XV. YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS HELD IN PHILADELPHIA IN THE 4TH MONTH, 1828. Starts at - Img 241 Pg 238

(19.2) Extracts from the minutes of the Yearly Meeting of Friends held in Philadelphia by adjournments, from the 14th of the Fourth month, to the 18th of the same, inclusive, 1828. Starts at - Img 248 Pg 245

(20) CHAPTER XVI. CASES RESULTING FROM THE RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS HELD IN PHILADELPHIA. Starts at - Img 253 Pg 250
(21) CHAPTER XVII.CONCLUSION—EMBRACING A CONDENSED SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE. Starts at - Img 274 Pg 271
(22) ERRATA. Starts at - Img 285 Pg UN