Excerpt from The Religious Society of Friends: Doctrines and Practices in Which They Agree With Their Fellow-Christians, and Others in Which They Differ They had long felt that rites and ceremonies did not profit them; and now that the Day Star had risen in their hearts, types and shadows fled away and gave place to the eternal substance. They were taught by Christ Himself; they knew Him to be come to them the second time, with out sin unto salvation and His Spirit bore witness with their spirits, that they were sons of God. When the Society of Friends arose, there were great disputings upon religious subjects throughout the Kingdom a large amount of formal profession of religion, and yet no little ignorance of divine things? 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.