 | William White (bp. of Pennsylvania.) - 1836 - 408 pages
...the sixteenth article of the declaration of rights, it is provided in the words following, viz. — " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...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... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot, United States. Constitutional Convention - 1836 - 692 pages
...to be exempted, upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. " 20th. 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... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks - 1836 - 632 pages
...1802 is constitutional. * The article is in these words : — " That religion, or the duty whichlwe owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed onlj by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are equally entitled... | |
 | George Tucker - 1837 - 636 pages
...1776, the principle of religious freedom is distinctly asserted in the last article, which declares, " that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...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.'"... | |
 | 1841 - 460 pages
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...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,... | |
 | Samuel Perkins - 1841 - 484 pages
...of the king and parliament; the concluding one contains these propositions, which were then novel: " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...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,... | |
 | Samuel Perkins - 1842 - 500 pages
...the king and parliament; the concluding one contains these propositions, which were then novel : " That religion, or the duty which we' owe to our Creator,...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,... | |
 | Rhode Island - 1844 - 612 pages
...as exceptions to certain specified powers, or as inserted merely for greater caution. ••• IV. 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... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1844 - 372 pages
...vicious and encourage the virtuous by wholesome laws, equally extending to every individual ; but that the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can only be directed by reason and conviction, and is nowhere cognizable but at the tribunal of the universal... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1844 - 390 pages
...vicious and encourage the virtuous by wholesome laws, equally extending to every individual ; but that the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can only be directed by reason and conviction, and is nowhere cognizable but at the tribunal of the universal... | |
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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... 
