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" In this place it is proper to add, that, as we believe 

 ■women mny be rightly called to the work of the minlllry, we 

 • alfo think that to tliem bclonfrs a (hare in the fupport of our 

 Chriftian difcipline ; and that fome parts of it wherein their 

 own fex is concerned, devolve on them with peculiar pro- 

 priety. Accordingly they have monthly, quarterly, and 

 yearly meetinjrs of their own fex, held at the fame time with 

 thofe of the men ; but feparately, and without the power of 

 making rules. 



" In order that thofe who arc in the fit nation of ininifters 

 may have the tender fympathy and counhl of thofe of either 

 fex, who, by tiieir experience in the work of religion, are 

 qualified fur that fervice, the monthly meetings are adviled 

 to feleft fuch, under the denomination of elders. Thefe, 

 and minifters approved by their monthly meetings, have 

 meetings peculiar to themfelves, called meetings of miniilers 

 and elders; in w'hich they have an opportunity of exciting 

 each other to a difcharge of their feveral duties, and of ex- 

 tending advice to thofe who may appear to be weak, without 

 any needlefs expoiure. Such, it may be here obferved, as 

 believe themfelves required to fpeakin meetings for worfhip, 

 are not immediately acknowledged as minilters by their 

 monthly meetings ; but time is taken for judgment, that the 

 meeting may be fatisfied of their call and qualification. It 

 will alfo fometimes happen, that fuch as are not approved 

 will obtrude themfelves as miniilers, to the grief of their 

 brethren ; but much forbearance is ufed towards thefe, before 

 the difapprobation of the meeting is publicly teftified. 

 Thefe meetings of minifters and elders are generally held in 

 the compafs of each monthly, quarterly, and yearly meeting. 

 They are condufted by rules prefcribed by the yearly meet- 

 ing, and have no authority to make any alteration or additftju 

 to them. The members of them unite with their brethren in 

 the meetings for difcipline, and are equally accountable to 

 the latter for their conduft. 



" It is to a meeting ot this kind in London, called the fe- 

 cond-day's morning meeting, that the revifal of manufcripts 

 concerr.ing our principles, previjully to publication, is in- 

 trufted by the yearly meeting held in London : and alfo the 

 granting, in the intervals of the yearly meeting, of certificates 

 of approbation to fuch miniilers as are concerned to travel in 

 the work of the miniftry in foreign parts ; in addition to thofe 

 granted by their monthly and quarterly meetings. 



'.' The yearly meeting of London, in the year 1675, ap- 

 pointed a meeting to be held in that city, for the purpofe of 

 advifing and affilling in cafes of fuffcring for coiifcience-fake, 

 which hath continued with great ule^to the fociety to this 

 day. It is compofed of friends under the name of cor- 

 refpondents, chofcn by the feveral quarterly meetings, and 

 who refide in or near the city. The fame meetings alfo ap- 

 point members of their own in the country as correfpondents, 

 who are to join their brethren in London on emergency. 

 The names of all thefe correfpondents, previoufly to their 

 being recorded, are fnbmitted to the approbation of the 

 yearly meeting. Such men as are approved m.iniilers are 

 alfo members of this meeting, which is called the Meeting 

 for Sufferings ; anameariling from its original purpofe, and 

 which is not yet become entirely obfolete. 



" The yearly meeting has intrulled the meeting for fuffer- 

 jugs with the care of printing and dillributing books, and 

 with the management of its (lock ; and, confidered as a 

 (landing committee of the yearly meeting, it hath a general 

 care of whatever may arife, during the intervals of that 

 meeting, affedting the fociety, and requiring immediate atten- 

 tion : particularly of thole circumitances which may occa- 

 fion an application to government. The ilock of the yearly 

 meeting, jull mentioned, is an occafional voluntary contri- 

 bution, expended in printing books, — falary of a clerk for 



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keeping records, — the palTage of minifters who vifit their 

 brethren beyond fea, — and fome fmali incidental charges: 

 but not, as has been falfely fnppofid, the reimburfemcnt of 

 thof^ wlio fuffer diilraint for tithes and other demands with 

 which they fcruple to comply." G. Fox's Journal. Sewcl's 

 Hiftory of the Quakers. Gough's Hillory of the Quakers. 

 Belle's Sudcrings of tiie Quakers. Barclay's Apologv. 

 Clarkfon's Portraiture of Qiiakcrifm. 



The editor is indebted for the iiillorical part of the pre- 

 ceding article to a refpeftable member of the fociety of 

 Friends. Mr. Clarkfon's work, which was compofed in 

 confcqucnce of his intimate f crfonal acquaintance with many 

 of its leading members, produced by his labours for the aboli- 

 tion of the flave trade, may be confulted for a more ample ac- 

 count of the manners, praftices, and opinions of this fociety. 



OUAKER-TOWN, in Geography, -.i poA-town of A me- 

 rica, in Bucks county,, Pennfylvaiiia ; 184 miles from 

 Wafliiagton. - , 



QUAKING-Bog, in Agriculture, a name ufually given 

 to a fort of foft pulpy, flexible, earthy depofitions, which 

 are formed in hollow moiil fituations, in confequence of the 

 ftagnation of water in them in fome manner or other. Bogs 

 of this kind differ much in their nature, qualities, and pro- 

 perties, according to the difference of circumftances and 

 fituations, but tiiey have all a tremulous motion under the 

 foot, when capable of being trodden upon. See Bog and 

 Quagmire. 



Draining is here equally neceffary, as in all other cafes of 

 a fimilar kind, and may moftly be carried into execution 

 without any great difficulty. 



Qi.'AKlNG-Gr<i/r, in Botany, fo called from the trembling 

 of the httle pendulous fpikelets, occafioned by their capil- 

 lary zigzag 3alks. See Briza. 



QuAKiNG-Gr.7/f, in Agriculture, the common name of a 

 fori of grafs, which is laid to thrive and flouriili well on 

 mod kinds of poor cold land, and which cattle eat in a 

 greedy manner; but which is not much adopted for cultiva- 

 tion in grafs grounds, though it makes lolerably good hay. 

 See Briza. 



QUAKU, or Quaqua, in Geography, a diftrift of 

 Africa, on the Gold Coaft. 



QUALATCHE, a town of the Hate of Georgia ; 40 

 miles W.N.Vv'". of Tugeloo. 



QUALE Jus, in La-w, was an ancient writ judicial, 

 which lay where a religious perfon had judgment to recover 

 land ; before execution was made of thejudgment. 



Tins writ was iflued forth to the efcheator between judg- 

 ment and execution, to enquire whether the religious perfon 

 had right to recover, Qf whether tlie judgment were obtained 

 by collufion between the demandant and tenant ; to the intent 

 that the true lord might not be defrauded. 



QUALEA, in Botany, a Caribbean name, ufed by An- 

 blet, and inadvertently adopted by Schreber ; pofiibly be- 

 caufe, as it appears, he fufpecled the genus not to be fuffi- 

 ciently dilfinif from Vochy of the fame author, Bis own Cu- 

 CULLARIA ; fee that article. Willdenow, however, has fol- 

 lowed hirn ; and thus one name more is added to dunghill, 



which fome future botanical Hercules muft fweep away 



Aubh Guian. v. i. 5. Schreb. 7. Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. 18. 

 Mart. MiH. Dift: v. 4. Juff. 424. Lamarck llluftr. t. 4. 

 — Clafs and order, Monandria Monogynia. Nat. Ord. per- 

 haps Guttijem, Juff. 



Gen. Cli. Cal. Perianth inferior, of one leaf, in four very 

 deep ovate, coriaceous, concave, unequal fegments ; the two 

 lowermoll largelt, fpreading widely. Cor. Petals two, un- 

 equal, iaferted into the calyx ; the uppermoil ereCl, round- 

 ifh, emarginate, terminating at the bafe behind, in a fhort, 

 obtufe, horn-like ncftary, projefting between the upper leg- ■ 



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