...delegates and representatives of Virginia holden at Williamsburgj in May 1766, it was solemnly declared : " that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...directed only by reason and conviction, not by force and violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of their religion, according...

...ought to be exempted upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. xx. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right, to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates...

...following, viz. — " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not...conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all, to practice christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other," — which said article is now...

...frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Religion CREATOR, and the manner of discharging it, can be...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dic» " An" in Chan. Rev p. *3. 112 tales of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of Toleration....

...remonstrate against the said bill. " Because, We hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, ' that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...reason and conviction, not by force or violence.' The religion, then, of every man, must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man ; and...

...ought to be exempted upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. XX. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates...

...the sixteenth article of the declaration of rights, it is provided in the words following, viz. — " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all, to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other," — which said article is now...

...Virginia, that the law of 1802 is constitutional. • The article ls in these words : — " That religi in, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner...according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it ia the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, lore, and charity towards each other."...

...to be exempted, upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. " 20th. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men have an equal, natural, and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates...

...the sixteenth article of the declaration of rights, it is provided in the words following, viz. — " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all itfen are' equally entitled to the free exercise of religion; according to the dictates of conscience...