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Excerpt from Rules of Discipline and Christian Advices of the Yearly Meeting of Friends for Pennsylvania and New Jersey: First Held at Burlington in the Year 1681, and From 1685 to 1760, Inclusive, Alternately in Burlington and Philadelphia, and Since at Philadelphia And as 1t hath pleafed the Lord in thefe latter days, to call a People to freedom, and from under that unwarrantable Yoke of Bondage, fo he hath been pleafed to raife in the Hearts of his Servants that primitive Love and Good will which eminently dif tinguifhed his Difciples; wherein they have been perfuaded and direéted, by his wifdor'n and power, to have Meetings ef'tablilhed for like good purpofes as in the primitive times, therein to wor fhip him, and have overfight, care, and, compaflion one over ano ther, and to endeavour that all may walk humbly, decently and honei'tly, and be of one mind, as becomes the Servants and F 01 lowers of our holy Lord. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.