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" State ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience, hereby secured, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices... "
Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of ... - Page 140
by Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1838
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A View of Religions in Three Parts ...

Hannah Adams - Religions - 1805 - 558 pages
...state, for all mankind ; provided the liberty of conscience hereby granted shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the . peace and safety of the state. The various religious denominations in this state, are the following : English PresLyterians,...
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The Orthodox journal and Catholic monthly intelligencer [ed. by W ..., Volume 5

William Eusebius Andrews - 1817 - 512 pages
...to all mankind. Provided, that the liberty of conscience hereby granted, shall not be so construed, as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of the state. — Considering that we had just emerged from a colonial state, and were infected with the...
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The Catholic Question in America: Whether a Roman Catholic Clergyman be in ...

William Sampson - Catholics - 1813 - 278 pages
...exception there is, and that is the proviso, that this liberty of conscience shall not be construed, to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of the state, and this brings me closer to the point. The District Attorney has laid it down, as though...
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A Geographical, Historical, Commercial, and Agricultural View of the United ...

Daniel Blowe - Canada - 1820 - 788 pages
...for all mankind. Provided that the liberty of conscience hereby granted, shall not be so constrned as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of the state." The various religions denominations are the following : English presbyterians, Dutch reformed,...
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Reports of the Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of 1821 Assembled ...

New York (State). Constitutional Convention, Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter, William Leete Stone - Constitutional conventions - 1821 - 718 pages
...worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this state to all mankind ; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured, shall not...excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state. SEC. IV. No minister of religion, or priest of...
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Laws of the State of New York, Volume 1

New York (State) - Session laws - 1823 - 516 pages
...without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this state, to all mankind; but tlie liberty of conscience hereby secured, shall not be...excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices- inconsistent with the peace, or safety of this state. . . »SEC. IV. And whereas, the ministers of...
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The Constitution of the State of New York, Together with the Rules and ...

New York (State). Legislature - New York (State) - 1887 - 102 pages
...rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not...excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State. SEC. 4. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus...
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Manual of Parliamentary Practice

Parliamentary practice - 1826 - 228 pages
...without discrimination or preference, shall for ever be allowed in this state to all mankind ; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured, shall not...excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state. SEC. '4. And whereas the ministers of the gospel...
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A History of the State of New York: From the First Discovery of the Country ...

Francis Smith Eastman - New York (State) - 1828 - 320 pages
...without discrimination or pieference, shall for ever be allowed in this state to all mankind ; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured, shall not...excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state. SEC. iv. And whereas the ministers of the gospel...
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The American's Guide: Comprising the Declaration of Independence : the ...

Constitutions - 1828 - 494 pages
...right herehy declared an^ estahlished shall not he so construed as to excuse arts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of this state. 4. "'"o preferenrc shall ever he given hy law to any religiy.is sect or mode of worship. 5. That no...
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