A serious address to such of the people called Quakers, on the continent of North-America, as profess scruples relative to the present government: exhibiting the ancient real testimony of that people, concerning obedience to civil authority. : Written before the departure of the British army from Philadelphia, 1778. / By a native of Pennsylvania. ; To which are added, for the information of all rational enquirers, an appendix, consisting of extracts from an essay concerning obedience to the supreme powers, and the duty of subjects in all revolutions, published in England soon after the Revolution of 1688.

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Author:	Grey, Isaac.
Title:	A serious address to such of the people called Quakers, on the continent of North-America, as profess scruples relative to the present government: exhibiting the ancient real testimony of that people, concerning obedience to civil authority. : Written before the departure of the British army from Philadelphia, 1778. / By a native of Pennsylvania. ; To which are added, for the information of all rational enquirers, an appendix, consisting of extracts from an essay concerning obedience to the supreme powers, and the duty of subjects in all revolutions, published in England soon after the Revolution of 1688.
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A serious ADDRESS to the People called QUAKERS, on the Continent of North-America, relative to the late great Revolution.

APPENDIX shewing the Reasonableness of Obedience to the Supreme Powers, and the Duty of Subjects in all Revolutions.

CHAP. I. Of Government, and the Origin of it.

CHAP. II. Of the Publick Good.

CHAP. III. Of the Obligation of Human Laws.

CHAP. IV. Objections answer'd.

CHAP. V. Of Possession.

CHAP. VI. Of Protection.

CHAP. VII. Of Oaths of Fidelity.

CHAP. VIII. Of Proofs of Scripture concerning Obedience to those who actually administer Government.

Lately published, and now selling at BELL's BOOK-STORE, next Door to ST. PAUL's Church, in Third-street, Philadelphia, PHILOSOPHICAL, and POLITICAL STRICTURES, on the good and bad EFFECTS of NATIONAL PRIDE: Translated from the German of Mr. ZIMMERMAN, Physician in Ordinary to his Britannic Majesty at Hanover.

A few COPIES of the following much-esteemed modern Work, may be had at BELL's Book-STORE, next Door to ST. PAUL's Church, in Third-street, Philadelphia, An ESSAY ON CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS: WRITTEN by the MARQUIS BECCARIA, of MILAN. With a COMMENTARY, Attributed to Monsieur De VOLTAIRE.