 | George Tucker - 1837 - 636 pages
...1776, the principle of religious freedom is distinctly asserted in the last article, which declares, " that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience.'" But... | |
 | 1841 - 460 pages
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience, and... | |
 | Samuel Perkins - 1841 - 486 pages
...of the king and parliament; the concluding one contains these propositions, which were then novel: " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...not by force or violence ; and therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience, and... | |
 | Samuel Perkins - 1842 - 502 pages
...the king and parliament; the concluding one contains these propositions, which were then novel : " That religion, or the duty which we' owe to our Creator,...not by force or violence ; and therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience, and... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1844 - 360 pages
...vicious and encourage the virtuous by wholesome laws, equally extending to every individual ; but that the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can only be directed by reason and conviction, and is nowhere cognizable but at the tribunal of the universal... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1844 - 372 pages
...vicious and encourage the virtuous by wholesome laws, equally extending to every individual ; but that the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can only be directed by reason and conviction, and is nowhere cognizable but at the tribunal of the universal... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1844 - 360 pages
...believe their accountability to Him requires. It has been truly said, that ' religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be dictated only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence.'* Mr. Locke himself, who did not... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1845 - 614 pages
...1776, the principle of religious freedom is distinctly asserted in the last article, which declares, " that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can only be directed by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1845 - 596 pages
...religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can only be directed by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of retigion, according to the dictates of con. science."... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1847 - 506 pages
...recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That rnligion, or the duty which we owe *o our Creator. ;md the manner of discharging it, can be directed only...conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience, and... | |
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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... 
