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... baptists ; and among them , almost exclusively , were nourished the elements of vital religion . We may now inquire what evils - for evils there certainly and speedily were -- the prevalence of the compulsory prin- ciple generated ? And ...
... baptists ; and among them , almost exclusively , were nourished the elements of vital religion . We may now inquire what evils - for evils there certainly and speedily were -- the prevalence of the compulsory prin- ciple generated ? And ...
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... baptists , also , were treated with great harshness , as is stated by a most impartial American historian , in a ... baptist tenets , and separated from the congregation to which they had belonged , declaring that they could no longer ...
... baptists , also , were treated with great harshness , as is stated by a most impartial American historian , in a ... baptist tenets , and separated from the congregation to which they had belonged , declaring that they could no longer ...
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... baptism of infants , who should attempt to seduce others from the use or appro- bation thereof , or purposely depart from the congregation when that rite was administered . " * About the same time as the baptists , the quakers also ...
... baptism of infants , who should attempt to seduce others from the use or appro- bation thereof , or purposely depart from the congregation when that rite was administered . " * About the same time as the baptists , the quakers also ...
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... baptism . The bearing of this system on the religious state of the colony soon appeared . For the attainment of a civil end , the churches were filled with persons who had been bap- tized , and who owned the covenant ; but in ...
... baptism . The bearing of this system on the religious state of the colony soon appeared . For the attainment of a civil end , the churches were filled with persons who had been bap- tized , and who owned the covenant ; but in ...
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... from Pennsylvania had intro- duced the same ecclesiastical polity into what was called " The Valley . " A few quaker societies , some small German congregations , and a considerable number of baptist churches - CHAPTER III. ...
... from Pennsylvania had intro- duced the same ecclesiastical polity into what was called " The Valley . " A few quaker societies , some small German congregations , and a considerable number of baptist churches - CHAPTER III. ...
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Page 32 - ... 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 33 - ... to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles on supposition of their ill tendency is a dangerous fallacy, which at once destroys all religious liberty...
Page 33 - ... truth is great, and will prevail if left to herself; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons — free argument and debate — errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.
Page 33 - 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 that all men shall be free to profess , and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.
Page 36 - ... all religious sects and denominations, demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good citizens of the Commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law ; and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another, shall ever be established by law.
Page 33 - NO MAN SHALL BE COMPELLED to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burdened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.
Page 29 - 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 to the dictates of conscience, and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.
Page 100 - On my arrival in the United States, the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention ; and the longer I stayed there, the more I perceived the great political consequences resulting from this new state of things.
Page 30 - Therefore, we ask no ecclesiastical establishments for ourselves ; neither can we approve of them when granted to others.
Page 10 - 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.