Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical, Volume 1William S. Martien, 1850 |
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... interest or convenience , they lived unrestrained , fed by their plantations and the abundance of the sea . Their first exposure had been to the pressure of famine ; and the next to massacre from savage hands . The plentiful crops ...
... interest or convenience , they lived unrestrained , fed by their plantations and the abundance of the sea . Their first exposure had been to the pressure of famine ; and the next to massacre from savage hands . The plentiful crops ...
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... interest in the country doe oftener make tumults at the election to the disturbance of his majestie's peace , then by their discretions in their votes provide for the conservative thereof , by making choyce of persons fitly qualified ...
... interest in the country doe oftener make tumults at the election to the disturbance of his majestie's peace , then by their discretions in their votes provide for the conservative thereof , by making choyce of persons fitly qualified ...
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... interest , that the light of the gospel powerfully preached , should reach those dark places of the Earth . The rulers of that province did not allow of their publick preaching ; but instead thereof an order was made , -That such as ...
... interest , that the light of the gospel powerfully preached , should reach those dark places of the Earth . The rulers of that province did not allow of their publick preaching ; but instead thereof an order was made , -That such as ...
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... interest , to prevent and restraine which mischiefe be it enacted " & c . 1st- that any master of a vessel bringing a Quaker into the colony should be subject to a fine of one hundred pounds sterling : 2d - that all Quakers be arrested ...
... interest , to prevent and restraine which mischiefe be it enacted " & c . 1st- that any master of a vessel bringing a Quaker into the colony should be subject to a fine of one hundred pounds sterling : 2d - that all Quakers be arrested ...
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... interest attached to the name , birth place , and labours of Makemie arises from the circumstance , that he was , in all pro- bability , the first consistent Presbyterian minister in the United States ; certainly the first in Virginia ...
... interest attached to the name , birth place , and labours of Makemie arises from the circumstance , that he was , in all pro- bability , the first consistent Presbyterian minister in the United States ; certainly the first in Virginia ...
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Page 216 - Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Page 347 - ... that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order...
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 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?