Observations on The Two Sons of Oil: Containing a Vindication of the American Constitutions, and Defending the Blessings of Religious Liberty and Toleration, Against the Illiberal Strictures of the Rev. Samuel B. WylieObservations on "The Two Sons of Oil" was written in 1811 in response to the Reverend Samuel B. Wylie's work, The Two Sons of Oil, which was published in 1803. In this work of radical Presbyterian theology, Wylie pointed out what he considered to be deficiencies in the constitutions of both Pennsylvania and the United States and declared them to be immoral. Findley's response to Wylie's criticisms in Observations showed that it was neither the purpose nor the design of the United States government to have a federal religion and a federal creed. In a broader sense the book is also a passionate defense of a civil government guided by moral principles that allow for essential freedoms. William Findley was born in Ireland and emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1763. He served in the Second through the Fifth Congresses, and again in the Eighth through the Fourteenth Congresses, earning the designation "Father of the House" before he retired from Congress in 1817. He died in 1821. John Caldwell is retired from Augustana College, where he was Director of the Library and Professor of History. Himself a native of western Pennsylvania, Professor Caldwell is the author of George R. Stewart (1981) and William Findley from West of the Mountains: A Politician in Pennsylvania, 1783-1791 (2000). Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes. |
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... oath of allegiance . For breaking this oath Zedekiah forfeited the smiles of heaven , and procured its destructive frowns . The inspired writer says ( 2 Chron . xxxvi . 13. ) speaking of the sins of Zedekiah , “ And he also re- belled ...
... oath of allegiance , which God calls mine oath , and my covenant , was exacted from Zedekiah , on being appointed governor , with the title of king , of the small territory of Judea , afterwards but a small portion of the province on ...
... oath of allegiance , and the departure from it was apostacy ; that an advancing church , however , ought to be acknowledged but that apostacy ought always to be testified against . That it could , therefore , be only applied to the ...
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