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... Lawyers' Reports Annotated - Page 3281890Full view - About this book
| John Wilson Campbell, Moses Hoge - Virginia - 1813 - 322 pages
...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 to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance,... | |
| David Bailie Warden - District of Columbia - 1816 - 230 pages
...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 to the dictates of conscience; and thatitisthe mutual duty of all to practise... | |
| 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...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,... | |
| Virginia, William Waller Hening - Law - 1823 - 462 pages
...recurrence to fundamental principles. XVI. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Religion. Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance,... | |
| Virginia, William Waller Hening - Law - 1821 - 674 pages
...frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Religion CREATOR, and the manner of discharging it, can be...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dic» " An" in Chan. Rev p. *3. 112 tales of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of Toleration.... | |
| Methodist Church - 1834 - 504 pages
...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...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance,... | |
| Virginia - Law - 1833 - 604 pages
...virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 10. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all, to practise Christian forbearance,... | |
| Methodist Church - 1834 - 544 pages
...their religious liberty.' Virginia, in its constitution, says : — ' That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance,... | |
| William White (bp. of Pennsylvania.) - 1836 - 408 pages
...declaration of rights, it is provided in the words following, viz. — " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging...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,... | |
| Francis Lister Hawks - Maryland - 1836 - 634 pages
...1802 is constitutional. • The article ls in these words : — " That religi in, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it ia the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance,... | |
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