 | David Benedict - Baptists - 1813 - 588 pages
...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... | |
 | John Wilson Campbell, Moses Hoge - Virginia - 1813 - 322 pages
...frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. XVI. That religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force and violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise... | |
 | David Bailie Warden - District of Columbia - 1816 - 230 pages
...Williamsburgj in May 1766, it was solemnly declared : " 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 and violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free... | |
 | 1817 - 442 pages
...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... | |
 | United States federal convention - 1819 - 524 pages
...employ another to bear arms in his stead. xx. 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 have an equal, natural and unalienable... | |
 | Virginia, William Waller Hening - Law - 1823 - 462 pages
...recurrence to fundamental principles. XVI. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Religion. 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... | |
 | Virginia, William Waller Hening - Law - 1821 - 674 pages
...recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Religion 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... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1826 - 844 pages
...inserted merely for greater caution. tburlh. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason anil conviction, and not by force or violence; and tlierefore all men have an equal, natural, and uualienable... | |
 | James Madison - Church and state - 1828 - 16 pages
...for a " fundamental and undeniable truth," 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 bj force or violence. The religion, then, of every man, must be left to the conviction... | |
 | Virginia - Law - 1833 - 604 pages
...frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 10. 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... | |
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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... 
