 | Robert Baylor Semple - Baptists - 1810 - 514 pages
...force or violence."* The religion, then, of every man, muft be left to the conviction and confciences of every man ; and it is the right of every man to exercife it, as thefe may dictate. This right is, in its nature, an unalienable right. It is unalienable... | |
 | David Benedict - Baptists - 1813 - 588 pages
..." that religion, or the duty which we owe to the Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force...of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This right is, in its nature, an unalienable right. It is unaltenable, because the opinions of men... | |
 | 1817 - 442 pages
...truth, "that religion, or the duty which we owe to the Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force...of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This right is, in its nature, an unaliennble right. It is unalienable, because the opinions of men,... | |
 | 1817 - 436 pages
...directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence."* The religion, then, of every man, mnst be left to the conviction and conscience of every...of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This right is, in its nature, an unalienable right. It is unalienable, because the opinions of men,... | |
 | James Madison - Church and state - 1828 - 16 pages
...our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not bj force or violence. The religion, then, of every man,...of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This right is, in its nature, an unalienable right. It is unalienable, because the opinions of men,... | |
 | James Stuart - North America - 1833 - 632 pages
...' 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...of every man to exercise it, as these may dictate. This right is in its nature an unalienable right. It is unalienable, because the opinions of men, depending... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks - Maryland - 1836 - 632 pages
...legislature of 1785, as has been stated, and offered substantially the following views : — that religion must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man, and that his right to determine the question of his religion is inalienable ; that it is the duty of every... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - History - 1859 - 702 pages
...discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by MEMORIAL AND REMONSTRANCE. 635 force or violence."* The religion, then, of every...of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This right is, in its nature, an inalienable right. It is inalienable, because the opinions of men,... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - History - 1859 - 700 pages
...determined. We remonstrate against the said bill; — force or violence." • The religion, then, of even- man must be left to the conviction and conscience...of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This right is, in its nature, an inalienable right . It is inalienable, because the opinions of men,... | |
 | Baptist union - 1867 - 140 pages
...ought to occupy, in the eye of the law, an equal position. " We hold," said they, " that the religion of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience...of every man to exercise it as these may dictate." For their consistent advocacy and defence of these immortal principles, our fathers sustained the loss... | |
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The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. 
