The Quakers also are occasionally found in the use of the
ungrammatical expressions, that have been brought against them. And
unquestionably, except they mean to give up the grammatical part of the
defence by Penn and Barclay, these ought to be done away. That you,
however, is of the singular number, is not quite so clear. For while
thou is used in the singular number in the Bible, and in the liturgy,
and in the prayers of individuals, and while it is the language, as it
is, of a great portion of the inhabitants of the northern part of the
kingdom, it will be a standing monument against the usurpation and
mutilated dominion of you.
SECT. V.
_Secondly against the words friend and neighbour, as used by the
Quakers--Quakers also said to be wrong in their disuse of titles--for
the use of these is sanctioned by St. Luke and St. Paul--answer of
Barclay to the latter assertion--this answer not generally deemed
satisfactory--observations upon the subject in dispute._
The subject, that comes next in order, will be that of the objections,
that are usually made against certain terms used by the Quakers, and
against their disuse of titles of honour, as sanctioned by the world.
On the use of the words "friend, and neighbour," it is usually observed,
that these are too limited in their meaning, to be always, if used
promiscuously, representatives of the truth.
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