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" No person who acknowledges the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth. "
The Geographical Catechism of Pennsylvania: And the Western States; Designed ... - Page 52
by Israel Daniel Rupp - 1837 - 384 pages
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Porcupine's Works: Containing Various Writings and Selections ..., Volume 11

William Cobbett - United States - 1801 - 594 pages
...now prattling with echo in philosophy's tions about holding offices, the words " <wbo acknowledge* the " being of A GOD, and a future state of rewards and punishments." [ See page 84 of Minutes of the Grand Committee.] Samuel Sitgreaves, Esq. (the reputed...
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The History of the Administration of John Adams, Esq., Late President of the ...

John Wood - United States - 1802 - 522 pages
...the 2d of February, to strikeout of the constitutional regulations about holding offices, the words " who acknowledges the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments. He staid away from the Senate without any cause for nineteen weeks and four days, so that...
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The Constitutions of the United States: According to the Latest Amendments ...

Constitutions - 1804 - 372 pages
...preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishment or mode. of worship. IV. That no person, who acknowledges the being of a God, and...shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be ciisqualified to hold any office' or place of trust or pro.,t under this Commonwealth. V. That elections...
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Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania by ..., Volume 5

Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Horace Binney - Law reports, digests, etc - 1813 - 678 pages
...societies are placed on the same broad equal ground, and the only test of office is the acknowledgment of the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments. But if the exemption of clergymen of the established church in England from the burden...
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A Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United ..., Volume 2

David Bailie Warden - Condiciones economicas - 1819 - 596 pages
...in the people : That every man has a natural right to worship God according to his conscience : That no person who acknowledges the being of a God, and...disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under the commonwealth : * That elections shall be free and equal ; the trial by jury inviolate ; the...
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Letters from the British Settlement in Pennsylvania: To which are Added, the ...

Charles Britten Johnson - Pennsylvania - 1819 - 190 pages
...preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship. SECT. IV. That no person, who acknowledges the being of a God and...disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this commonwealth. SECT. V. That elections shall be free and equal. SECT. VI. That trial by jury...
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A Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United ..., Volume 2

David Bailie Warden - Indians of North America - 1819 - 596 pages
...in the people : That every man has a natural right to worship God according to his conscience : That no person who acknowledges the being of a God, and...rewards and punishments, shall, on account of his religions sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under the commonwealth...
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History of North America, Volume 2

John Talbot - Canada - 1820 - 476 pages
...in the people; That every man has a natural right to worship God according to his conscience: That no person who acknowledges the being of a God, and...disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under the commonwealth: That elections shall be free and equal; the trial by jury inviolate; the press...
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Parole and Documentary Evidence: Delivered Before a Committee of the House ...

Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Committee Appointed to Inquire into the Conduct of the Governor, William Findlay - Pennsylvania - 1820 - 294 pages
...violation of the rights of conscience and the constitution of Pennsylvania, which declares, that " no person, who acknowledges the being of a God, and...of rewards and punishments, shall on account of his re" ligious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of " trust or profit under this...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 16

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...into the service of the United States. Persons holding public offices are only required to acknowledge the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishment ч The judges are appointed by the governor, and may be impeached or removed by him, on...
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