Religion in America, Or, An Account of the Origin, Progress, Relation to the State, and Present Condition of the Evangelical Churches in the United States: With Notices of the Unevangelical Denominations |
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... become set- tled Pastors CHAP . VII . - The Voluntary Principle developed in Home Missions . - American Home Mission- ary Society CHAP . VIII . - Presbyterian Board of Domestic Missions , under the Direction of the General Assembly CHAP ...
... become set- tled Pastors CHAP . VII . - The Voluntary Principle developed in Home Missions . - American Home Mission- ary Society CHAP . VIII . - Presbyterian Board of Domestic Missions , under the Direction of the General Assembly CHAP ...
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... become long , are almost universally eradicated . The eye is elonga- ted , and has an orbit inclined to a quadran- gular shape . The cheek - bones are prom - dant supply of game only by smoking it . inent ; the nose broad ; the jaws ...
... become long , are almost universally eradicated . The eye is elonga- ted , and has an orbit inclined to a quadran- gular shape . The cheek - bones are prom - dant supply of game only by smoking it . inent ; the nose broad ; the jaws ...
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... become , in due time , the most powerful of all Protestant kingdoms . He who " hath made of one blood , all nations of men , for to dwell on all the face of the earth , and hath deter- mined the times before appointed , and the bounds ...
... become , in due time , the most powerful of all Protestant kingdoms . He who " hath made of one blood , all nations of men , for to dwell on all the face of the earth , and hath deter- mined the times before appointed , and the bounds ...
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... become a power- ful province long before the establishment of American Independence . By a second char- ter granted in 1609 , all the powers that had been reserved by the first to the king were surrendered to the company ; but in 1624 ...
... become a power- ful province long before the establishment of American Independence . By a second char- ter granted in 1609 , all the powers that had been reserved by the first to the king were surrendered to the company ; but in 1624 ...
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... become . The New - Jersey was likewise granted to the Duke of York , who , in 1664 , handed it over to Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret , both proprietors of Carolina . Difficulties , however , having arisen be- tween the colonists ...
... become . The New - Jersey was likewise granted to the Duke of York , who , in 1664 , handed it over to Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret , both proprietors of Carolina . Difficulties , however , having arisen be- tween the colonists ...
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Page 50 - Having undertaken for the Glory of God. and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern Parts of Virginia...
Page 115 - God, and for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.
Page 115 - 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...
Page 85 - To the end the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was ordered and agreed, that, for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same.
Page 108 - ... that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor whose morals he would make his pattern...
Page 109 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but...
Page 115 - ... the institution of the public worship of God, and of public instructions in piety, religion and morality: Therefore, to promote their happiness, and to secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people of this Commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the legislature shall, from time to time, authorize and require, the several towns, parishes...
Page 202 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Page 109 - ... to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles, on the supposition of their ill tendency, is a dangerous fallacy, which at once destroys all religious liberty...
Page 115 - As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend upon piety, religion and morality; and as these cannot be generally diffused through a community, but by the institution of the public worship of GOD, and of public instructions in piety, religion and morality...