Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical, Volume 1William S. Martien, 1850 - Virginia |
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... conversation and of the age of one and twenty years . " By the same act the Right of Suffrage was restricted- " all housekeepers whether free- holders , leaseholders , or otherwise tenants , shall onely be capable to elect Burgesses ...
... conversation and of the age of one and twenty years . " By the same act the Right of Suffrage was restricted- " all housekeepers whether free- holders , leaseholders , or otherwise tenants , shall onely be capable to elect Burgesses ...
Page 111
... conversation being to this day as becomes the gospel of Christ . " Mr. Blair goes on to say " I think there was scarcely a sermon , or lecture preached here through that whole summer , but there was manifest evidence of impressions on ...
... conversation being to this day as becomes the gospel of Christ . " Mr. Blair goes on to say " I think there was scarcely a sermon , or lecture preached here through that whole summer , but there was manifest evidence of impressions on ...
Page 114
... conversations with them , it was much to this purpose : - they believed there was a good work going on , that people were convinced and brought into a converted state , and they desired to be converted too ; -they saw others weeping and ...
... conversations with them , it was much to this purpose : - they believed there was a good work going on , that people were convinced and brought into a converted state , and they desired to be converted too ; -they saw others weeping and ...
Page 144
... conversation . He carried through life a lively recollection of the scenes and things that occupied his mind during the days he lay as one dead ; they were a perpetual stimulus in his min- isterial work . He preached with indescribable ...
... conversation . He carried through life a lively recollection of the scenes and things that occupied his mind during the days he lay as one dead ; they were a perpetual stimulus in his min- isterial work . He preached with indescribable ...
Page 155
... conversation I got my first views of the expansion of science , and of the system of things in which we are placed . " This gentleman penned the Declaration of Independence and the Bill for Religious Liberty . The influence of the ...
... conversation I got my first views of the expansion of science , and of the system of things in which we are placed . " This gentleman penned the Declaration of Independence and the Bill for Religious Liberty . The influence of the ...
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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?