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–The Protestant Episcopal Church 220 CHAP . VII . — The Voluntary Principle
developed CHAP . III . - The Congregational Churches 223 in Home Missions . -
American Home Mission CHAP . IV.- The Regular Baptist Churches 229 ary ...
–The Protestant Episcopal Church 220 CHAP . VII . — The Voluntary Principle
developed CHAP . III . - The Congregational Churches 223 in Home Missions . -
American Home Mission CHAP . IV.- The Regular Baptist Churches 229 ary ...
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If New - England may be regarded and by an act of that body , the Episcopal as
colonized by the Anglo - Saxon race , Church was , properly speaking ,
establishwith its simpler manners , its equal insti- ed . In the following year the
number of ...
If New - England may be regarded and by an act of that body , the Episcopal as
colonized by the Anglo - Saxon race , Church was , properly speaking ,
establishwith its simpler manners , its equal insti- ed . In the following year the
number of ...
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... many illus- gerous consequence in those commontrious men , not only in the
Episcopal , but wealths where it has been practised , and .. in almost every other
denomination of for the more quiet and peaceable governChristians . ment of this
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... many illus- gerous consequence in those commontrious men , not only in the
Episcopal , but wealths where it has been practised , and .. in almost every other
denomination of for the more quiet and peaceable governChristians . ment of this
...
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Many olution , many churches had been planted Dissenters , disgusted with the
unfavourain it by Episcopalians , Presbyterians , and ble state of things in that
country , went Baptists . out also , carrying with them intelligence , North Carolina
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Many olution , many churches had been planted Dissenters , disgusted with the
unfavourain it by Episcopalians , Presbyterians , and ble state of things in that
country , went Baptists . out also , carrying with them intelligence , North Carolina
...
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This , to- presbytery , of Amsterdam ; a body which , gether with the introduction of
the English however well disposed , was at too remote Episcopal Church , and
the encouragement a distance to exercise a proper judgment it received from ...
This , to- presbytery , of Amsterdam ; a body which , gether with the introduction of
the English however well disposed , was at too remote Episcopal Church , and
the encouragement a distance to exercise a proper judgment it received from ...
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Page 50 - Having undertaken for the Glory of God. and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern Parts of Virginia...
Page 117 - God, and for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.
Page 117 - 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 87 - To the end the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was ordered and agreed, that, for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same.
Page 110 - ... that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor whose morals he would make his pattern...
Page 111 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but...
Page 117 - ... the institution of the public worship of God, and of public instructions in piety, religion and morality: Therefore, to promote their happiness, and to secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people of this Commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the legislature shall, from time to time, authorize and require, the several towns, parishes...
Page 204 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Page 111 - ... to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles, on the supposition of their ill tendency, is a dangerous fallacy, which at once destroys all religious liberty...
Page 117 - As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend upon piety, religion and morality; and as these cannot be generally diffused through a community, but by the institution of the public worship of GOD, and of public instructions in piety, religion and morality...
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| Title | Religion in America, Or, An Account of the Origin, Progress, Relation to the State, and Present Condition of the Evangelical Churches in the United States: With Notices of the Unevangelical Denominations |
| Author | Robert Baird |
| Publisher | Harper, 1844 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 343 pages |
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