Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical, Volume 1William S. Martien, 1850 |
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... matters of religion and the State , will be seen struggling against error and miscon- ceptions , gaining the ascendency ... matter of earnest inquiry , -What has the reli- gious principle done ? That strange , abused , inexplicable Car ...
... matters of religion and the State , will be seen struggling against error and miscon- ceptions , gaining the ascendency ... matter of earnest inquiry , -What has the reli- gious principle done ? That strange , abused , inexplicable Car ...
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... matter for discussion . The popular feeling is , however , in favour of cities , and the course of trade is settled on the principle , the more merchants the more traffic , and the better business . The The inhabitants of the colony ...
... matter for discussion . The popular feeling is , however , in favour of cities , and the course of trade is settled on the principle , the more merchants the more traffic , and the better business . The The inhabitants of the colony ...
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... matter and Smith in the other . Modern historians have followed Beverly without giving a reason . The oldest authority is for placing the intro- duction of Negroes in 1619 . Until the introduction of Negroes the labours of the planta ...
... matter and Smith in the other . Modern historians have followed Beverly without giving a reason . The oldest authority is for placing the intro- duction of Negroes in 1619 . Until the introduction of Negroes the labours of the planta ...
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... matters , there was , in 1688 , the idea and the exer- cise of Liberty . From the first meeting of the Legislature in 1619 the colonists enjoyed all the priviliges of Englishmen . They were Royalists . They were loyal to the king . The ...
... matters , there was , in 1688 , the idea and the exer- cise of Liberty . From the first meeting of the Legislature in 1619 the colonists enjoyed all the priviliges of Englishmen . They were Royalists . They were loyal to the king . The ...
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... matters better understood than the rights of conscience . The Indian tribes East of the Blue Ridge broken in spirit and wasted . Not a congregation of them gathered for the worship of God , or civilization , from all the numerous tribes ...
... matters better understood than the rights of conscience . The Indian tribes East of the Blue Ridge broken in spirit and wasted . Not a congregation of them gathered for the worship of God , or civilization , from all the numerous tribes ...
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Page 216 - Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Page 346 - ... all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion...
Page 50 - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...
Page 11 - I thank God there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have them these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Page 347 - THAT NO MAN SHALL BE COMPELLED to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever...
Page 346 - That to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical...
Page 284 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Page 381 - Devotion alone should have stopped me, to join in the duties of the congregation; but I must confess that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness was not the least of my motives.
Page 322 - Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, "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.
Page 110 - Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?