...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 14. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion, according to the dictates...

..."We remonstrate against the said bill : i. Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence. The religion, then, of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man ; and it...

...by the Convention. The twentieth article of the Bill of Rights in this manuscript is as follows : " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...directed only by reason and conviction, not by force and violence, and therefore all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise...

...justice, moderation, temperance, and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 18. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charitv towards each other. 19. That neither slavery nor...

...justice, moderation, temperance and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles 18. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other. 19. That neither slavery nor involuntary...

...of the right of all men to the free exercise of religion in a very striking way, and is as follows: "That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conscience, and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other." MIscellaneous. England, but toleration...

...religious worship, which to them shall seem most agreeable to the revealed will of God. ViRGiNiA. 18. i. d a judicial question, and as such shall be judicially...regard to any legislative assertion on that subject; practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other. WASHiNGTON. 11. i. Absolute freedom...

...ought to be exempted upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. 10. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates...

...substance, accepted by the convention. and adopted in this form: "That religion, or the duty we owe to the Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience." Discussion of the constitution and plan of government was continued...

...sixteenth section of which, as written by George Mason, and amended by James Madison, reads as follows: "That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violencej and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to...