INDEX II.
PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS.
- Adam, the first and second, compared, ii. 446;
- his state before the fall, attainable, i. 28, 346;
- his innocency, a higher state than, even a state in Christ, attainable, i. 28, 419, ii. 136, 200, 218, 239;
- his perfection, a doctrine not endured by professors, i. 34.
- Antichrists and false Prophets, discovered, etc., i. 91, 160, 314, 336, ii. 416, 440, 487.
- Apostacy, entered since the Apostles’ days, i. 338.
- Apostates and Professors, have Scriptures in the form, but not in the power or Spirit, i. 11, 109;
- are censorious judges, ii. 330.
- Apostles and Prophets, the power and Spirit of, attainable now, i. 34, 262, 428, 515, ii. 153;
- were husbandmen and tradesmen, ii. 480, 481.
- Apparel, pride therein testified against, ii. 412.
- Apprentices, recommended to be put forth, ii. 119.
- Atheists, confounded, i. 26.
- Backsliders, their state, ii. 245;
- *Banishment of Friends, ii. 68, 69, 282, 485.
- Baptism of the Spirit, i. 340, 342.
- Baptism in water, i. 46, 262, 340;
- why permitted to some of the early Christians, i. 340.
- Battledore, The, a short account of it, i. 513, ii. 19.
- Believers, are horn of God, and are freed from sin, i. 7, 56;
- are taught by the Anointing, i. 7, 59, 307, 336, ii. 271;
- enjoy everlasting life on earth, ii. 466.
- Bible. See Scriptures.
- Bigamy, disowned, ii. 185.
- Birth, the first and second, distinguished, i. 200;
- the true one is persecuted, but does not persecute, i. 308, ii. 305.
- Blind and deaf men, not enlisted as soldiers, either outwardly or inwardly, ii. 496.
- Blind, not received for sacrifice, ii. 248.
- Blood of Christ, seen spiritually, i. 24, 430;
- professors will only have it without them, i. 24.
- Body and blood of Christ, i. 340, 429.
- Body of death and sin, not the outward body, i. 181.
- Burial grounds, recommended to be provided, ii. 149.
- Capital punishments for small matters, testified against, i. 70, 72.
- Ceremonies, Jewish and Heathenish, to be departed from, i. 37, 93;
- why permitted for a time under the Gospel, i. 340.
- Christ, of the seed of Abraham and the Son of God, i. 254;
- his name is called “The Word of God,” i. 306;
- his outward appearance, acknowledged, i. 69;
- he died for all men, i. 36, 526, ii. 136, 186;
- is the Ensign, prophesied of by Isaiah, ii. 494-497;
- his coming, reign, and kingdom in the heart, i. 314, ii. 225.
- *Christ within, recommended to, i. 50, 102, 104, 108, 161, 167, 335, 341, 418;
- known by the Spirit, i. 51, 128, ii. 458;
- speaks in man by his Spirit, i. 102, 110, ii. 201;
- is preached in his Saints, i. 177;
- revealed in us, is our Hope, i. 12;
- is the Inward Teacher, i. 59, 81, 82, 85, 87, 91, 101, 104, 107, 109, 110, 112, 114, 115, 121, 125, 161, 162, 164, 167, 232, 262, 265, 331, 378, ii. 172, 199, 200, 201, 294, see God teaches;
- enlightens all men, i. 30, 34, 151, 165, 173, 193, 207, 223, 241, 244, 274, 303, 350, 353, 356, 369, 395, 437, 526, ii. 34, 61, 62, 112, 136, 185;
- the Saviour of all who believe inin him, i. 110, ii. 112;
- his generation is not known by man’s wit, study, or reading history in his own will, ii. 291;
- cuts off the entail of Satan, i. 389;
- faith in and worship of, above all historical and man-made faiths and worships, ii. 336;
- a state in him that never fell, attainable, i. 28, 419, ii. 136, 200, 218, 239;
- his speaking since his ascension, denied by professors, ii. 200, 201;
- the belief of Friends in, stated, ii. 153, 155, 200;
- his power owned, and exercised, i. 242, 258, 281, 309, 333, 335, 344, 385;
- his cry on the cross, i. 5;
- his life trampled on by professors, i. 20.
- Christening of children, an anti-Scriptural practice, i. 37, ii. 100.
- *Church, what it is, i. 20, 25, 99, 112, 131, 182, ii. 65, 437;
- Church order, supported, ii. 417.
- Circumcision, etc., permitted to some of the early Christians, and why, i. 340.
- Cloisters and Monasteries anti-Scriptural, i. 428.
- Condemnation comes through unbelief, ii. 112.
- Conscience is the book out of which man is judged, i. 437.
- *Conventicles, seditious, disclaimed, ii. 121.
- Crooked ways, in man’s heart, i. 16.
- Cross of Christ is the power of God, i. 18, 191, 312, 345.
- Crosses and Images denied, i. 37.
- Days and Times not to be observed now, i. 340, ii. 204.
- Deceivers, who are the greatest, i. 30, ii. 246.
- Declaration against plots and fighting, i. 494.
- Devil, not made by God, i. 231, ii. 7.
- Differences, how to be terminated, ii. 333.
- Disputes, with priests and professors, i. 25, 86-88, 116, 119, 130, 160, 181, 182, 184, 200-206, 252, 285, 369, 376, ii. 60, 62, 185, 212, 217.
- Dreams, distinguished and explained, i. 9.
- Drinking of healths, testified against, i. 23.
- Drinking to excess, reproved, i. 39, 334, 459.
- Dwarfs, not to offer on God’s altar, but may eat of the holy bread, ii. 468, 473, 502.
- Election is in Christ, i. 263, ii. 113.
- Election and Reprobation, owned and explained, i. 92, ii. 113;
- unconditional, priests’ doctrine thereof denied, i. 394, ii. 113.
- Evil thoughts, how subdued, i. 58.
- Evil natures described, they are within, i. 59, ii. 135.
- Faith, stands in the power of God and not in man, ii. 236, 239;
- its powerful operation and effect, ii. 236;
- stays the mind and gives access to God, i. 15, 397;
- in it there is no schism, ii. 238;
- without sin, and gives victory over it, i. 397.
- Fall, the, state of man therein, opened, i. 32, 125, 345, ii. 136.
- False Prophets and Antichrists, their marks, i. 91, 160, 314, 336, ii. 416, 440, 487.
- False Liberty, judged by the Spirit, ii. 329, 417.
- Fashions of the world denounced, i. 38, 219, ii. 412, 493.
- Fasts, the true and false distinguished, i. 363, 435, ii. 303-305.
- Flesh, the, wars against the spirit, i. 18.
- *Friends, their belief in Christ and concerning the Scriptures stated, ii. 155;
- excommunicated, i. 404, ii. 64, 65;
- prosper through their integrity, i. 186;
- kept out of their meeting-houses, ii. 132, 375-377, 387;
- their meeting-houses pulled down, ii. 132;
- offer to lie in prison for one another, i. 248, 318, 439;
- prophesied against, i. 134, 185, 194, ii. 254;
- their faithfulness is said by some to have preserved the nation from debauchery, ii. 134.
- God, has given all a measure of his Spirit, i. 150, ii. 34, 217, 418;
- teaches his people himself, i. 48, 82, 84, 118, 120, 125, 150, 152, 211, ii. 281, see Christ the Inward Teacher;
- his people are to be like him, in what respects, ii. 458;
- his kingdom, measurably witnessed in this life, ii. 459;
- his infinite love, i. 14.
- God and Christ, dwell in the heart, i. 8, 91;
- are known by the Spirit, i. 12, 128, 138, 165, 235, 265, ii. 292, 458;
- are not known by study or philosophy, but by revelation in mental silence, i. 12, 26, ii. 292.
- Good works do not of themselves bring salvation, but the grace of God, ii. 101.
- Gospel, not the four books of the Evangelists, i. 350, ii. 9.
- Grace of God, teaches those who turn to it, i. 35, 82, 249, 331, 526, ii. 9, 11, 35, 115.
- Grace and Truth, are in the heart, i. 35, 331, 336, ii. 359, 408, 455;
- Groans of the flesh and spirit, discerned and distinguished, i. 15.
- Hat, keeping it on in public prayer testified against, i. 519.
- Hat-honour, denied, i. 38, 92, 272, 275, 285, 290, 357, 401, 443, 485, ii. 22, 27, 306;
- Friends suffer for refusing to give it, i. 38, 39, 185, 272, 280, 313, 372, 409, 454, 501, ii. 307.
- Hirelings, testified against, i. 42, 75, 93, 202, 203, 207, 245.
- Honour, the true and false, distinguished, i. 38, 302, ii. 22.
- Imposition denounced, yet practised by schismatics, ii. 328.
- *Imprisonment of Friends, for not swearing, i. 106, 247, 521, 523, ii. 23, 24, 30, 94;
- for refusing to pay tithes, and for going to steeple-houses, i. 224, 503, ii. 25;
- for preaching in the streets, i. 373, 378;
- for attending meetings, ii. 24;
- for opening their shops on the world’s fast-days and holidays, ii. 204;
- for offences not specified, i. 172, 493, 522, ii. 67, 128, 282, 314, 337, 374, 378;
- on a praemunire illegal, i. 221;
- deaths in prison, i. 173, 232, 327, 504, 522, 526, ii. 25, 33, 67, 94, 253.
- See Steeplehouses; Streets and Markets.
- Jerusalem, New, what it is, ii. 135.
- Judging, i. 345, 422, 425, ii. 329, 425-431, 487.
- *Judgments, pronounced against persons and places, i. 76, 78, 102, 147, 153, ii. 78;
- overtake persecutors, i. 102, 118, 136, 149, 154, 189, 196, 197, 209, 211, 318, 391, 398, 408, 417, 457, 458, 469, 475, 511, 512, ii. 5, 9, 26, 33, 34, 57, 67, 68, 72, 73, 77, 78, 96, 133, 147, 224, 314, 358.
- Knowledge, spiritual, learned within, i. 10;
- spiritual and fleshly, distinguished, i. 11.
- Law, the, its types and shadows only known by the Spirit, i. 33;
- what it is, its operation and effect, i. 15, 16, 23;
- is written in the heart, i. 246, 349, 355, ii. 270;
- is distinguished from the Gospel, i. 16, 17.
- Liberty of conscience granted generally, ii. 453.
- Light and Darkness, how seen, i. 19.
- Light, the, obedience thereto, recommended, i. 65;
- is the Law, the Power, and the image of God, i. 193;
- is the Covenant, i. 194;
- is a Reprover, i. 353, 356, ii. 185;
- is a Judge, i. 187, 242, 267, 274, 347, 366, 408, 460, ii. 462;
- is a Guide and Leader, i. 187, 435;
- is the Life in Christ the Word, i. 333, 377, 397, ii. 35, 466, 497;
- gives an understanding of the things of the kingdom, i. 187;
- gives a sight and sense of inward mysteries, i. 14, 187, 242, 254, 362, 433;
- gives victory over sin, i. 433;
- gives the knowledge of the true fast, i. 365, 366;
- comes from Christ, i. 254, 321;
- convinces and converts, i. 65, 192;
- manifests Christ in his various offices, i. 165;
- shows us our evil deeds and our Saviour, i. 121, 165, 267;
- brings out of the evil state, i. 60;
- manifests that which is for judgment, i. 367;
- in it God is felt revealing his secrets, and inspiring the mind, i. 347;
- by it Christ is seen, i. 191, 254, 303, 411;
- without it none come to Christ, i. 304;
- being felt, Christ is felt, i. 223;
- those who hate it set up hirelings and idol-temples, i. 151;
- they who walk in it come to God’s teaching, i. 16;
- they who love it are taught of God, i. 151;
- they who oppose it are apostates, i. 347;
- believers in it believe in the everlasting covenant, i. 191;
- believers in it come to the life of Moses and the Prophets, i. 191;
- none are God’s people who are not baptised into this principle, i. 36, 348.
- Light, the, within, is the Light of Christ, i. 384;
- is the way to God, i. 36;
- its power and efficacy, i. 384, 385;
- leads to salvation and the day-star, i. 397.
- Light, the, of Christ, directed to, i. 97, 124, 126, 182, 204, 213, 238, 254, 264, 265, 336, 368, 378, 379, 408, 411, 421, 436, 437, 460;
- shows Christ to be a Redeemer, and Saviour, and Way to God, i. 110;
- gives a sight and sense of sin, i. 97, 121, 151, 303, 379;
- makes all things manifest, i. 15, 17, 275, 303;
- is not the natural conscience, or a natural created light, i. 333, 370, 377, ii. 35, 463;
- its universality denied by professors, i. 350, ii. 34;
- in the conscience, a doctrine not endured by priests and professors but derided by them, i. 204, 254, ii. 463;
- they who believe in it are in the Election, i. 396.
- Longevity, instances of, ii. 15, 75.
- *Marriage, by a priest, anti-Scriptural, ii. 65, 75;
- the principle and practice of Friends relative thereto stated, ii. 399;
- of Friends, their mode sanctioned by Scripture examples, ii. 75;
- attended by G. Fox, ii. 75, 170;
- of Friends, the regulations of the Society thereon, ii. 88, 89, 137, 148, 149, 250, 399;
- of Friends, questioned at Nottingham Assizes, but declared valid, i. 520.
- Meal time, few words spoken at, informed against, ii. 133.
- Meditation, how it ought to be exercised, ii. 368.
- Meetings of Friends, held and settled, i. 27, 29, 123, 265, 373, 404.
- *Meetings for Discipline, established in London and throughout the nation, i. 469, 470, ii. 80, 97, 164, 247, 279, 283;
- the order and good results thereof, ii. 90, 97;
- their settlement opposed by some, ii. 81, 202, 248, 251, 315-318, 327, 331, 347, 436.
- Ministers of Christ, preach freely, i. 41, 91, 93, 201, 223, 339, ii. 65;
- not necessarily made at colleges, i. 7, 11, 37, 48, 386, 414, 415, 480-482;
- must have his Spirit, i. 17;
- advice respecting public opposition to, i. 345.
- Ministers, tried and ejected by Commonwealth, i. 223, ii. 86;
- ejected by Charles II., i. 504.
- Ministry, the true and false distinguished, i. 17.
- Miracles, outward, i. 45, 46, 49, 133, 159, 252, 255, 258, ii. 176, 179, 184, 192, 233, 377.
- Moses and Christ, compared, ii. 477.
- Natures of creatures, seen, i. 19, 28, 125.
- *Negroes, exhorted to diligence, etc., and counselled not to rebel, ii. 149, 157, 158;
- to be instructed and in due time liberated, ii. 157, 158, 502.
- News, people are too much busied therewith, ii. 482.
- Oaths. See Swearing.
- Obedience, known in the Light, i. 384;
- to that which convicts of evil, recommended, i. 65;
- to the grace of God, the way to receive salvation, ii. 9, 101;
- keeps in the Lord’s fear, i. 65;
- of faith, destroys imaginations and temptations, i. 61.
- Offering, the true and false, distinguished, ii. 450.
- Parable of the talents, commented on, i. 353.
- Peace, the first step thereto is to stand still in the Light, i. 121, 432.
- Perfection in Christ, ii. 218, 449;
- in this life attainable, i. 181, 193, 419, 465, ii. 218;
- in this life denied by priests and professors to be attainable, i. 19, 34, 50, 51, 56, 74, 181, 465, ii. 218.
- Persecution, judged and exposed, i. 147, 149, 287-303, 334, 387, 403, 434, 481, 522, 526, ii. 24-34, 65, 69, 132, 204, 281, 314, 320, 374-376, 387.
- Pleasure and Wantonness denied, i. 323-325.
- Plots, denied and declared against, i. 448, 493-500, ii. 216, 348, 415.
- Popularity, that which leads to it, denied, ii. 236.
- Powers of the earth, not to be meddled with by Friends, i. 426.
- Power of the Lord makes priests and professors tremble, i. 89.
- Prayer, in man’s will denied, i. 24;
- true, defined, i. 205, 390, ii. 303;
- false, how discerned, i. 15, 205;
- in the Spirit, approved, i. 37, ii. 449, 450.
- Priests, declared against, i. 91, 200-206, 210, 223;
- their state opened, i. 29, 116;
- are miserable comforters, i. 5, 6;
- their objections answered, i. 336-343;
- are Friends’ chief persecutors, i. 48, 137, 147, 504, ii. 211;
- make a Church faith, which is answered by G. Fox, i. 441, see Savoy, Conference;
- sell the Scriptures, i. 41, 114;
- pray by a form, i. 205;
- hunt after a fallen benefice, i. 251;
- no other trade comparable to theirs, i. 41;
- cannot separate spirit and letter, i. 141;
- reproved by the populace, i. 139;
- oppose toleration, i. 505;
- likened to the Pharisees and Jews of old for their persecutions, etc., i. 215-219;
- cannot endure the doctrine of the Light, i. 254, ii. 463.
- See Disputes.
- *Prison, life in, i. 283, 504, 521, 524.
- Prisoners in jail, learn wickedness of each other, i. 71;
- more speedy justice to them recommended, i. 71.
- Professions, the three learned ones, opened, i. 29.
- Prophecy by women concerning Chas. II. and parliament, i. 445, 446.
- *Quakers, a nickname, i. 105, 211, 242, 343, 476;
- first called so by Justice Bennet, i. 58;
- the children of Light, i. 501;
- not a Sect, but dwell in the power of God, i. 242, 476.
- Quaking and trembling, i. 23, 105, 126, 168, 238, 501.
- Registers and Records recommended to be kept, ii. 149.
- Revelation, immediate and objective, not ceased, i. 34.
- Riches warned against, ii. 493.
- Righteousness, attainable in this life, i. 2.
- Sabbath-day, i. 397, 414, ii. 306.
- Sacrament of the Supper (so-called) not a Christian ordinance, i. 340-342 429.
- Saints have power to judge in the Church, ii. 327-330.
- Sanctification, how effected, i. 50.
- *Schools for Friends’ children, ii. 89, 138, 203, 346, 348, 434.
- See Chiswick,
- Edmonton,
- Shacklewell,
- Waltham Abbey.
- Scriptures, known by the Spirit, i. 33, 34, 128, 138, 162, 165, 235, 362, 377, ii. 217;
- profitable to the man of God, but not to the man of sin, i. 349;
- not the “more sure word of prophecy,” i. 43;
- not the only rule of life, ii. 217;
- not “The Word,” nor “The Word of God,” i. 156, 157, 306;
- may be called “the words of God,” i. 156, 157, ii. 157;
- confirm the Spirit’s convictions, i. 376;
- give not the knowledge of God or Christ, without the revelation of the Spirit, i. 12, 109;
- possessed by professors and apostates in form, but not in spirit or power, i. 11, 109;
- how read and understood by professors, i. 32, ii. 440;
- given forth by the Light, i. 174;
- eternal life is not in them, but in Christ, ii. 466;
- the belief of Friends respecting them, set forth, i. 131, ii. 156;
- Bible used by Friends when preaching, i. 213, 376, 407, 443, 531.
- Sect-makers, they who deny universal grace are such, ii. 101;
- love popularity, ii. 236.
- Seed, the, is Christ, i. 192, 418, 420, 468;
- crucified in professors, i. 445;
- is to be felt within, i. 418, 420;
- bruises the head of the Serpent, i. 190, 343-345, ii. 335;
- the promise is to it, and not to the law of the first covenant, ii. 335.
- Seeds, the two, distinguished, ii. 447.
- Seeds-men of the flesh, and of the Spirit, distinguished, i. 387.
- *Separation, warned against, i. 519;
- appears in the Church, ii. 42, 80, 167, 248, 268, 284, 288, 315, 317, 327, 331, 347, 368, 369, 393, 435.
- Serpent, the, speaks in man, i. 21, 416;
- is the false teacher, ii. 199.
- Seven states explained, i. 419.
- Shadows and figures, not given till after the fall, i. 463;
- not understood without the Spirit, i. 33.
- Signs to rulers, priests, and people, i. 446, 469, 502, 503, ii. 55, 71, 131.
- Silence, in it the Lord speaks, i. 61, 336, 452, ii. 292;
- of thoughts, desires, and imaginations recommended, i. 432.
- Sin and Imperfection, pleaded for by professors, i. 19;
- in true believers is departed from, i. 51, 56;
- its power, as well as its guilt, taken away by Christ, i. 51, 442.
- Singing in the Spirit, approved, i. 37, 172, 406, 473, ii. 111;
- by outward organs, not taught by Christ, ii. 450.
- Slanders against Friends, i. 70, 102, 107, 122, 156, 206, 214, 234, 250, 357, 413, 496, ii. 76, 86, 154, 158.
- *Sirrah, a term of contempt, ii. 28, 36.
- Slavery. See Negroes.
- *Soldiers, disbanded for refusing to swear, i. 189;
- their cruelty to Friends, i. 408, 462, 463, 465;
- convinced, i. 67, 129 163, 167, 189, 231 235, 256 263, 287, 328, 399, 410, 529, ii. 131,
- see Benson, Gervase;
- mentioned, i. 68, 171.
- Spirit, the, in the inward parts, i. 355, ii. 281;
- given to us by measure, but to Christ without measure, i. 351;
- tries opinions, religions, and judgments, i. 43;
- is still poured out on the Church, i. 428.
- Spirit, the, of God, directed unto, i. 91, 94, 101, 114, 128, 162, 164, 213, 330, 331, 377, ii. 21, 277;
- gives the true fellowship, i. 138;
- the primary and universal rule, ii. 217;
- gives the knowledge of good and evil, ii. 367;
- gives a knowledge of the things of God, ii. 418.
- Spirit, the, of Christ, is the Quakers’ principle, its operation and effect defined, ii. 225, 226.
- Spirit, the, of Truth, leads into all Truth, i. 236, ii. 35;
- *Sports, Diversions, and vain Amusements testified against, i. 39 40, 321, 323-325.
- States, Three, and Three Teachers explained, ii. 199.
- *Steeplehouses, idolized, i. 20, 91, 93;
- not the Church nor the Temple, i. 99, 112, ii. 64;
- their sites not holier than other ground, i. 93, 112, 115.
- *Steeple-houses and Chapels, the Truth preached in them by Friends, i. 25, 27, 42, 45, 47, 48, 80, 82, 83, 85, 86, 89, 90, 93, 98, 99, 101, 102 104, 105, 107, 108, 110, 112, 113, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 166, 168, 179, 226, 285, 386, 410, 425.
- Streets and Markets, Truth declared in them, i. 44, 62, 79, 96, 109, 124, 125, 130, 167, 361, 373, 375-379, 386, 407, 410, 531, ii. 375.
- *Sufferings of Friends, i. 179, 180, 246, 247, 248, 301, 302, 386, 387, 442, 443, 493, 501, 503, 506, 520, 521, 524, 530, 534, ii. 16, 24-26, 29, 30, 31, 33, 69, 78, 84, 94, 97, 130, 132, 251-254, 263, 282, 314, 348, 361, 374-378, 453.
- Sufferings of Christ, the Prophets, and Apostles were outward, as well as inward, i. 69.
- Swearing, judicial, proscribed, i. 189, 246, 247, 273, 280, 521, 534, ii. 23, 27, 29, 42-50, 63, 94, 209, 216, 227, 357;
- a Friend acts as foreman of a jury without an oath, i. 199, see Hammersley, Thos.;
- declaration offered in lieu of oath, ii. 221;
- Friends dispossessed of copyhold lands, i. 446.
- Temple where God dwells, what it is, and what it is not, i. 8, 91, 131, 182, 207.
- Temptations, how destroyed, i. 61;
- not to be looked at, but the Light which discovers them, i. 433.
- “Thou” and “Thee,” to a single person enjoined and practised, i. 38, 83, 185, 513, ii. 62.
- Tithes, testified against, i. 93, 176, 248, 338, 339, ii. 65, 262, 355;
- Unjust dealing testified against, i. 39.
- Waiting, recommended, i. 13, 15, 85, 112, 187, 188, 193, 452;
- *War denied and testified against, i. 68, 72, 209, 448, 450, 494, ii. 298.
- Wisdom, the true and the false, distinguished, i. 388;
- is received in the Light, i. 192.
- Witness of God, is in the heart, i. 244.
- *Women’s preaching defended, i. 9, ii. 405.
- Women’s meetings, their settlement opposed, ii. 202, 203, 248-250, 317.
- Works of the flesh and of the Spirit, distinguished, i. 17.
- Worship, the true declared, i. 514;
- the world’s renounced, i. 37;
- of the beast and dragon, set up in the apostacy, i. 338.