 | United States. Congress. House - 282 pagina’s
...conftrued as exceptions to certain Specified powers, or as inferted merely for greater caution. Fourth. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be direfted only by reafon and conviction, and not by force or violence, and therefore alt men have an... | |
 | John Wilson Campbell - 1813 - 322 pagina’s
...frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. XVI. That religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging...directed only by reason and conviction, not by force and violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according... | |
 | David Benedict - 1813 - 588 pagina’s
...we hold it for a fundamental and unalienable truth, " that religion, or the duty which we owe to the Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be...reason and conviction, not by force or violence."* The religion, then, of every man, must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man ; and... | |
 | David Bailie Warden - 1816 - 230 pagina’s
...delegates and representatives of Virginia holden at Williamsburgj in May 1766, it was solemnly declared : " that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...directed only by reason and conviction, not by force and violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of their religion, according... | |
 | 1817 - 442 pagina’s
...we hold it for a fundamental and unalienable truth, "that religion, or the duty which we owe to the Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be...reason and conviction, not by force or violence."* The religion, then, of every man, must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it... | |
 | United States federal convention - 1819 - 524 pagina’s
...exceptions to certain specified powers, or as inserted merely for greater caution. iv. That religion, OP the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner...it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, and not by force or violence, and therefore all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to... | |
 | William White - 1820 - 506 pagina’s
...following, viz. — " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and... | |
 | Virginia, William Waller Hening - 1821 - 674 pagina’s
...frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Religion CREATOR, and the manner of discharging it, can be...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dic» " An" in Chan. Rev p.... | |
 | Virginia, William Waller Hening - 1823 - 462 pagina’s
...recurrence to fundamental principles. XVI. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Religion. Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1826 - 844 pagina’s
...ronstrucd as exceptions to certain specified powers, or as inserted merely for greater caution. tburlh. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...of discharging it, can be directed only by reason anil conviction, and not by force or violence; and tlierefore all men have an equal, natural, and uualienable... | |
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That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according... 
