 | Samuel Perkins - 1842 - 500 pagina’s
...the king and parliament; the concluding one contains these propositions, which were then novel : " That religion, or the duty which we' owe to our Creator,...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... | |
 | Rhode Island - 1844 - 612 pagina’s
...as exceptions to certain specified powers, or as inserted merely for greater caution. ••• IV. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...the dictates of conscience ; and that no particular religion, sect or society, ought to be favored or established, by law, in preference to others. V.... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1845 - 616 pagina’s
...1776, the principle of religious freedom is distinctly asserted in the last article, which declares, " that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can only be directed by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1847 - 506 pagina’s
...recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That rnligion, or the duty which we owe *o our Creator. ;md the manner of discharging it, can be directed only...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... | |
 | Samuel Perkins - 1848 - 494 pagina’s
...the king and parliament ; the concluding one contains these propositions, which were then novel : " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...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... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1004 pagina’s
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. "That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...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... | |
 | John Bigelow - 1848 - 538 pagina’s
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...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... | |
 | South Carolina. Court of Appeals, James Albert Strobhart - 1848 - 616 pagina’s
...Principles and Acts of the Revolution, 124. It declares that religion, or the City Council v. Benjamin. duty which we owe to our creator, and the manner of...be directed only by reason and conviction, not by form or violence, and that therefore, all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of... | |
 | Robert Reid Howison - 1848 - 542 pagina’s
...that of Virginia, ought to be established within her limits.* The final clause declares that religion can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and, therefore, all men are entitled to its free exercise, according to the dictates of conscience. After viewing this bold... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - 1850 - 540 pagina’s
...the bill of rights. He proposed it as a substitute for the third section reported by the Committee : That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...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... | |
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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... 
