 | United States. Congress. House - 282 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Robert Baylor Semple - 1810 - 514 pàgines
...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 directed only by reafon and eonvidion, not by force or violence."* The religion, then, of every man, muft be left to... | |
 | John Wilson Campbell, Moses Hoge - 1813 - 322 pàgines
...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...religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each... | |
 | David Benedict - 1813 - 588 pàgines
...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...directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence."* The religion, then, of every man, must be left to the conviction and conscience of every... | |
 | David Bailie Warden - 1816 - 230 pàgines
...representatives of Virginia holden at Williamsburgj in May 1766, it was solemnly declared : " that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of their religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and thatitisthe mutual duty of all to practise... | |
 | 1817 - 442 pàgines
...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...directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence."* The religion, then, of every man, must be left to the conviction and conscience of every... | |
 | United States federal convention - 1819 - 524 pàgines
...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 - 502 pàgines
...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...religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all, to practice christian forbearance, love and charity towards each... | |
 | William White - 1820 - 502 pàgines
...to b« laid before the convention of October, 1786 provided in the words 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... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - 1822 - 526 pàgines
...the convention.) frugality and virtue, and by frequent recurrence u fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, ш be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and, therefore that all... | |
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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... 
