Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical, Volume 1William S. Martien, 1850 - Virginia |
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... religious men , —at least of some religious men , -and also in stating the proper influence of religion , either in principle or in practice . It has of late years become a matter of earnest inquiry , -What has the reli- gious principle ...
... religious men , —at least of some religious men , -and also in stating the proper influence of religion , either in principle or in practice . It has of late years become a matter of earnest inquiry , -What has the reli- gious principle ...
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... religion was established as the religion of the State ; in England , under the form of prelacy , in Scotland , of presby- tery . Civil liberty made a great advance , and the anglo - saxon race ascended in the sight of all Europe ...
... religion was established as the religion of the State ; in England , under the form of prelacy , in Scotland , of presby- tery . Civil liberty made a great advance , and the anglo - saxon race ascended in the sight of all Europe ...
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... religion to such people as yet live in darkness and misera- ble ignorance of the true knowledge and worship of God , and may in time bring the infidels and savages living in those parts , to human civility , and to a settled quiet ...
... religion to such people as yet live in darkness and misera- ble ignorance of the true knowledge and worship of God , and may in time bring the infidels and savages living in those parts , to human civility , and to a settled quiet ...
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... Religion , was unknown in Virgi- nia in 1688. From the commencement of the colony , the necessity of the religious element was felt . The company knew not how to control the members composing the colony , but by religion and law . They ...
... Religion , was unknown in Virgi- nia in 1688. From the commencement of the colony , the necessity of the religious element was felt . The company knew not how to control the members composing the colony , but by religion and law . They ...
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... religion . By the third law , boring the tongue with a bodkin was the penalty for pro- fanity , the second offence . And for blaspheming God , the third offence was death by sentence of " Martiall Court . " By the fifth law unbecoming ...
... religion . By the third law , boring the tongue with a bodkin was the penalty for pro- fanity , the second offence . And for blaspheming God , the third offence was death by sentence of " Martiall Court . " By the fifth law unbecoming ...
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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?