 The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public...  Laws - Page 251by Illinois - 1847Full view - About this book
 | Constitutions - 1782 - 188 pages
...in this province, in preference to another ; and that no proteftant inhabitants of this colony fhall be denied 'the enjoyment of any civil right, merely on account of his religious principles; blit that all perfons; profeffihg a belief in the faith of any proteftant fed!:, who fhall demean themfelves... | |
 | William Gordon - United States - 1788 - 500 pages
...eftablifhment of any one religious feel: in preference to another ; and that no Proteftant inhabitant fhall be denied the enjoyment of any civil right, merely on account of his religious principles; but that all perfbns profeffing a belief in the faith of any Proteftant fe<5t*, who fhall demean themfelves... | |
 | Booksellers and bookselling - 1800 - 306 pages
...in this province, in preference to another ; and that no Proteftant inhabitant of this colony (hall be denied the enjoyment of any civil right, merely on account of his religious principles ; but that all perfons, profeffing a belief in the faith of any Proteftant fet.% who (hall demean themfelves... | |
 | William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 452 pages
...establishment of any one religious sect in preference to another ; and that no Protestant inhabitant shall be denied the enjoyment of any civil right, merely on account of his religious principles ; but that all persons professing a belief in the faith of any Protestant sect,* who shall demean themselves... | |
 | William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 452 pages
...establishment of any one religious sect in preference to another ; and that no Protestant inhabitant shall be denied the enjoyment of any civil right, merely on account of his religious principles ; but that all persons professing a belief in the faith of any Protestant sect,* who shall demean themselves... | |
 | Constitutions - 1804 - 372 pages
...sect in this province, in preference to another ; and that no Protestant inhabitant of this colony shall be denied the enjoyment of any civil right, merely on account of his religious principles ; but that all persons, professing a belief in the faith of any Protestant sect, who shall demean themselves... | |
 | Daniel Blowe - Canada - 1820 - 788 pages
...religious society shall ever be established in this state in preference to any other ; nor shall any person be denied the enjoyment of any civil right, merely on account of religious principle." The different sects are presbyterians, episcopalians, baptists, and methodists... | |
 | Georgia, Oliver Hillhouse Prince - Law - 1822 - 686 pages
...preference to another, nor * Morte of votine altered by Bot of 17!>9,Vol. I. p. «K shall any person be denied the enjoyment of any civil right merely on account of his religious principles. 157. Sec. 11. There shall be no future importation of slaves к» i into this state from Africa, or... | |
 | Constitutions - 1828 - 494 pages
...deliherately and voluntarily engaged himself to perform. no protestant inhahitant of this colony shall" he denied the enjoyment of any civil right, merely on account of his religious principles; hut that all persons, professing a helief in the faith of any protestant sect who shall demean themselves... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 810 pages
...clear that this law is contrary to the whole spirit of that instrument. It is therein provided that " no person shall be denied the enjoyment of any civil...right merely on account of his religious principles," and surely the spirit of that provision cannot permit the religious or moral scruples of another person... | |
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