 | David Bailie Warden - 1816 - 230 σελίδες
...delegates and representatives of Virginia holden at Williamsburgj in May 1766, it was solemnly declared : " that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...directed only by reason and conviction, not by force and violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of their religion, according... | |
 | United States federal convention - 1819 - 524 σελίδες
...ought to be exempted upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. xx. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right, to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | Virginia, William Waller Hening - 1823 - 462 σελίδες
...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...conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity, towards each other. The Constitution or Form of... | |
 | Virginia, William Waller Hening - 1821 - 674 σελίδες
...frequent 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...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dic» " An" in Chan. Rev p. *3. 112 tales of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of Toleration.... | |
 | 1834 - 504 σελίδες
...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...conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other.' North Carolina says, — 'All... | |
 | Virginia - 1833 - 604 σελίδες
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 10. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all, to practise Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other. CHAP. 5. — An amended constitution,... | |
 | James Stuart - 1833 - 632 σελίδες
...remonstrate against the said bill. " Because, We hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, ' that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...reason and conviction, not by force or violence.' The religion, then, of every man, must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man ; and... | |
 | 1834 - 544 σελίδες
...equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.' Virginia, in its constitution, says : — ' That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other.' North Carolina says, — 'All... | |
 | Joseph Martin, William Henry Brockenbrough - 1835 - 644 σελίδες
...ought to be exempted upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. XX. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks - 1836 - 634 σελίδες
...Virginia, that the law of 1802 is constitutional. • The article ls in these words : — " That religi in, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner...according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it ia the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, lore, and charity towards each other."... | |
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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... 
