 | 1817 - 436 pages
...profess, and observe the religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those, whose minds have not yet yielded to the...this freedom be abused, it is an offence against God, ncl against man. To Gotl, therefore, and not to man, must an account, of it be rendered. •Declaration... | |
 | 1817 - 442 pages
...yielded to the evidence which has convinced us. If thjsfreedom be abused, it is an offence aguinst God, not against man. To God, therefore, and not to man, must an account of it be rendered. •Declaration of rights, article 1. fUeclaration of rights, article 16 E As the bill violates equality,... | |
 | William Wirt - Funeral sermons - 1826 - 690 pages
...to arraign his fellow-man for a difference of opinion. " If," in the emphatic language of Madison, " this freedom be abused, it is an offence against God, not against man : to God, therefore, not to man, must an account of it be rendered." It is known that he had his peculiar sentiments on... | |
 | James Madison - Church and state - 1828 - 16 pages
...and to observe, the religion which we beHeve to be of Divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yet yielded to the evidence...convinced us. If this freedom be abused, it is an oflence against God, not «gainst man : to God, therefore not to men, must an account of it be rendered.... | |
 | James Stuart - North America - 1833 - 632 pages
...and to observe the religion which we believe to be of Divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yet yielded to the evidence...against God, not against man : To God, therefore, not to men, must an account of it be rendered. As the bill violates equality, by subjecting some to... | |
 | James Stuart - North America - 1833 - 568 pages
...this freedom be abused, it is an offence against God, not against man : To God, therefore, not to men, must an account of it be rendered. As the bill violates...subjecting some to peculiar burdens, so it violates the same principle by granting to others peculiar exemptions. Are the Quakers and Menonists the only sects... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - History - 1859 - 700 pages
...and to observe the religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yet yielded to the evidence...offence against God, not against man. To God, therefore, not to man, must an account of it be rendered. As the bill violates equality by subjecting some to... | |
 | Alonzo Trévier Jones - Church history - 1891 - 1046 pages
...convinced us. If this freedom be abused, it is an offense against God, not against man. To God, there fore, not to man, must an account of it be rendered. As...subjecting some to peculiar burdens, so it violates the same principle by granting to others peculiar exemptions. Are the Quakers and Menonists the only sects... | |
 | Robert Baylor Semple, George William Beale - Religion - 1894 - 854 pages
...minds have not yielded to the * Declaration of Rights, Article I. + Declaration of Rights, Article XV1. evidence which has convinced us. If this freedom be...subjecting some to peculiar burdens, so it violates the same principle by granting to others peculiar exemptions. Are the Quakers and Menonists the only sects... | |
 | Charles Fenton James - Freedom of religion - 1899 - 284 pages
...which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yielded to the evidence which has convinced us. If...subjecting some to peculiar burdens, so it violates the same principle by granting to others peculiar exemptions. Are the Quakers and Menonists the only sects... | |
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Whilst we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace, to profess, and to observe the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yet yielded to the evidence which has convinced us. 
