 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...  The Educational Journal of Virginia - Page 216edited by - 1884Full view - About this book
 | Virginia - Law - 1803 - 1026 pages
...owe to oar Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be direfted only by reafoh and conviftion, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercife of religion, according to the dictates of confcienca ; and that it is the mutual duty of aU... | |
 | David Benedict - Baptists - 1813 - 588 pages
...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 and conscience of every man ; and... | |
 | John Wilson Campbell - Virginia - 1813 - 322 pages
...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 of religion, according... | |
 | David Bailie Warden - District of Columbia - 1816 - 230 pages
...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 exercise of their religion, according... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1817 - 528 pages
...and to withhold from it any support by public taxation. But, although it may be true that « religion can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence," and that "all tfen arc equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to TERRETT the dictates-of... | |
 | 1817 - 436 pages
...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, mnst be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it... | |
 | United States federal convention - 1819 - 524 pages
...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 right, to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | William White - 1820 - 506 pages
...following, viz. — " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not...conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all, to practice christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other," — which said article is now... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 514 pages
...unless under color of religion, any man disturb the peace, the happiness, or the safely of society: And that it is the mutual duty of all to practise...forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. "This declaration of rights was thejirsl in America; it received few alterations or additions in' the... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 526 pages
...principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, ш be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and, therefore that all men «/«¿J enjoy thefuUeit toleration in the exerciie of rthjin, according lo the dictate»... | |
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