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Page ix
... religious , were offensive to the first generations ; and it is not strange , that he was viewed and treated as a fanatical heresiarch in religion , and a factious disturber of the state . Later writers have treated his memory with more ...
... religious , were offensive to the first generations ; and it is not strange , that he was viewed and treated as a fanatical heresiarch in religion , and a factious disturber of the state . Later writers have treated his memory with more ...
Page xiii
... religious liberty , makes it inexpress- ibly important , that the true principles on which this liberty rests , should ... religion can walk abroad in her own dignity and unsullied loveliness , as the messen- ger of God , armed with his ...
... religious liberty , makes it inexpress- ibly important , that the true principles on which this liberty rests , should ... religion can walk abroad in her own dignity and unsullied loveliness , as the messen- ger of God , armed with his ...
Page xiv
... religion be over- whelmed with error or worldliness , the great cause of hu- man happiness will suffer a disastrous ... religious rights of men . If this book shall contribute , in the slightest degree , to the promotion of truth and ...
... religion be over- whelmed with error or worldliness , the great cause of hu- man happiness will suffer a disastrous ... religious rights of men . If this book shall contribute , in the slightest degree , to the promotion of truth and ...
Page xv
... religion may view with malicious joy . But my reply is , that I have not alluded to such topics , except where my main theme compelled me to speak of them . I trust , that what I have said is true , and uttered in a respectful and kind ...
... religion may view with malicious joy . But my reply is , that I have not alluded to such topics , except where my main theme compelled me to speak of them . I trust , that what I have said is true , and uttered in a respectful and kind ...
Page xix
... religious and civil lib- erty , CHAPTER XXI . Troubles in Rhode - Island - William Harris - Quakers - severe laws against ... religion- charter from Charles II . — first meeting of Assembly — Mr . Clarke - difficulties about boundaries ...
... religious and civil lib- erty , CHAPTER XXI . Troubles in Rhode - Island - William Harris - Quakers - severe laws against ... religion- charter from Charles II . — first meeting of Assembly — Mr . Clarke - difficulties about boundaries ...
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Page 424 - ... attempt or enterprise the destruction, invasion, detriment, or annoyance of this commonwealth ; and to use and exercise, over the army and navy, and over the militia in actual service, the law-martial, in time of war or invasion, and also in time of rebellion, declared by the legislature to exist, as occasion shall necessarily require ; and to take and surprise, by all ways and means whatsoever, all and ever...