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" Virginia do enact 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... "
The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation - Page 44
by Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 656 pages
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Notes on the State of Virginia: With an Appendix Relative to the Murder of ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1803 - 388 pages
...when it is permitted freely to contradicl them. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly ', That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support...restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief ; but that all men shall...
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A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America: And ..., Volume 1

David Benedict - 1813 - 624 pages
...concernments : " Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, and by the authority thereof it is enacted, That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support...; nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burtheued in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions 01...
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An Account of the United States of America: Derived from Actual Observation ...

Isaac Holmes - 1823 - 490 pages
...the act relative to religion runs as follows: — "Be it therefore enacted, by the general assembly, that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support...whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burdened, in his body or goods; nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or...
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A Discourse on the Lives and Characters of Thomas Jefferson and ..., Volume 1

William Wirt - 1826 - 690 pages
...of the code. To this end, an amendment was prepared, establishing the principle, • It declares, " that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support...restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on acount of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson: Esq., LL. D., Late Ex President of the United ...

1826 - 126 pages
...dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support...restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be...
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Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of ..., Pages 94-830

Virginia. Constitutional Convention - 1890 - 928 pages
...ri'ra race. The Committee then proceeded to the ninth resolution, which reads as follows : " Resolved, That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support...whatsoever; nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burUiened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or...
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Notes on the State of Virginia

Thomas Jefferson - 1832 - 296 pages
...dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support...restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be...
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A Narrative of the Visit to the American Churches, Volume 2

Andrew Reed - 1835 - 552 pages
...ever be established by law. THE LAW IN VIRGINIA. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, " That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support...restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be...
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A Narrative of the Visit to the American Churches: By the ..., Volume 1

Andrew Reed, James Matheson - 1835 - 552 pages
...be established by law. • THE LAW IN VIRGINIA. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, " That no man shall be compelle'd to frequent or support...restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt.III. Private letters from the time ...

George Washington - 1835 - 568 pages
...me to do it; but if, contrary to all expectation, such an event tude, and by which it was enacted, " that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support...whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or otherwise burdened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions...
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