Papers relating to the Quakers tythe bill  viz. I. The case of the people called Quakers. II. Extracts from the yearly epistles of meeting of Quakers held in London relating to tythes. III. A supplemental extract from the Quakers yearly epistles relating to their Sufferings. IV. Remarks upon a bill now depending in Parliament, to enlarge, amend, and render more effectual the Laws now in being for the more easy Recovery of Tythes, Church-Rates, and Oblations, and other Ecclesiastical Dues from the People called Quakers: And also Remarks upon a printed Paper, intitled, The Case of the People called Quakers. V. The country parson's plea against the Quakers tythe-bill: Humbly addressed to the Commons of Great-Britain assembled in Parliament. To which is added, An answer to the Country parson's plea against the Quakers Tythe bill. In a letter to the R.R. author. By a member of the House of Commons.

To the quarterly and monthly-meetings in Great-Britain. Dear friends, Our minds being at this time exercised in a deep concern that friends, every where, may walk so circumspectly in every part of their conversation, ..

The epistle from our Yearly-Meeting, held in London , by adjournments, from the 16th of the fifth month 1785, to the 23d of the same inclusive. To Friends at their ensuing Yearly-Meeting in Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, &c.

The quaker's defence of the people of England and Holland  in a Letter from Obadiah Gulliver to Isaac Ben Gideon the Jew, occasioned by the Publication of a little Book, called, The Visions of Aaron the Son of Adriel. In which is clearly shewn, that the Sister-Nations, the Subject of those Visions, are not the People of England and Holland; and that the mighty Crimes and Enormities, the Corruption and Degeneracy so bitterly set forth in the said Visions, are in no wise chargeable on these Nations.

Appendix to the extracts from the minutes and advices of the yearly meeting, of Friends held in London

A collection of testimonies concerning several ministers of the gospel amongst the people called Quakers, deceased  with some of their last expressions and exhortations.

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A collection of testimonies concerning several ministers of the gospel amongst the people called Quakers, deceased with some of their last expressions and exhortations.