Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical, Volume 1William S. Martien, 1850 - Virginia |
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Page 34
... Quakers came in for their share of legislative opposi- tion . Uniformity in religion , after the manner of the Church of England , was the determined purpose of the majority of the colony . The estimation in which the Qakers were held ...
... Quakers came in for their share of legislative opposi- tion . Uniformity in religion , after the manner of the Church of England , was the determined purpose of the majority of the colony . The estimation in which the Qakers were held ...
Page 35
... Quakers and others for a greater punishment- " Quakers or other recu- sants who out of noncomformitie to the church totally absent themselves , -- shall be liable to such fines and punishments as by the statue of 23d of Elizabeth are ...
... Quakers and others for a greater punishment- " Quakers or other recu- sants who out of noncomformitie to the church totally absent themselves , -- shall be liable to such fines and punishments as by the statue of 23d of Elizabeth are ...
Page 36
... Quakers or Separatists of ability were held responsible for those that were poor . For the third offence , the punishment was banishment " to the places the Governor and Councell shall appoint . " The penalty for bring- ing in a Quaker ...
... Quakers or Separatists of ability were held responsible for those that were poor . For the third offence , the punishment was banishment " to the places the Governor and Councell shall appoint . " The penalty for bring- ing in a Quaker ...
Page 38
... Quaker from the penalties of the law enacted against that sect , -as the Quaker accounts say that the first born male that grew to adult years became a Quaker , and in compliment to his birth was liberated from the penalties of the law ...
... Quaker from the penalties of the law enacted against that sect , -as the Quaker accounts say that the first born male that grew to adult years became a Quaker , and in compliment to his birth was liberated from the penalties of the law ...
Page 47
... Quakers oppressed and enfeebled . Scotch and Irish merchants , or factors for English merchants , allured by the advantages of trade , were scattered through the colony . There was a most appalling necessity for faithful ministers of ...
... Quakers oppressed and enfeebled . Scotch and Irish merchants , or factors for English merchants , allured by the advantages of trade , were scattered through the colony . There was a most appalling necessity for faithful ministers of ...
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Page 216 - Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Page 347 - ... that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order...
Page 346 - ... all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion...
Page 50 - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...
Page 11 - I thank God there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have them these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Page 347 - THAT NO MAN SHALL BE COMPELLED to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever...
Page 346 - That to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical...
Page 381 - Devotion alone should have stopped me, to join in the duties of the congregation; but I must confess that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness was not the least of my motives.
Page 322 - Because we hold it 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 by force or violence.
Page 110 - Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?