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turb the good order, peace
or safety of the State, or
shall infringe the laws of
morality, or injure others in
their natural, civil or re-
ligious rights; nor ought any
person to be compelled to
frequent, or maintain, or
contribute, unless on con-
tract, to maintain, any place
of worship, or any ministry;
nor shall any person, other-
wise competent, be deemed
incompetent as a witness, or
juror, on account of his re-
ligious belief; provided, he
believes in the existence of
God, and that under His dis-
pensation such person will be
held morally accountable for
his acts, and be rewarded or
punished therefor either in
this world or in the world to
come.
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he shall disturb the good
order, peace or safety of the
State, or shall infringe the
laws of morality, or injure
others in their natural, civil
or religious rights; nor ought
any person to be compelled
to frequent, or maintain, or
contribute, unless on con-
tract, to maintain, any place
of worship, or any ministry;
nor shall any person, other-
wise competent, be deemed
incompetent as a witness, or
juror, on account of his re-
ligious belief; provided, he
believes in the existence of
God, and that under His dis-
pensation such person will
be held morally accountable
for his acts, and be rewarded
or punished therefor either
in this world or the world to
come.
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shall disturb the good order,
peace, or safety of the State,
or shall infringe the laws
of morality, or injure others
in their natural, civil, or re-
ligious rights; nor ought any
person to be compelled to
frequent or maintain or con-
tribute, unless on contract,
to maintain any place of
worship or any ministry; nor
shall any person be deemed
incompetent as a witness or
juror who believes in the
existence of God, and that
under his dispensation such
person will be held morally
accountable for his acts, and
be rewarded or punished
therefor, either in this world
or the world to come.
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man shall disturb the good
order, peace, or safety of the
State, or shall infringe the
laws of morality, or injure
others in their natural, civil,
or religious rights; nor ought
any person to be compelled
to frequent or maintain or
contribute, unless on con-
tract, to maintain any place
of worship or any ministry;
nor shall any person be
deemed incompetent as a
witness or juror who believes
in the existence of a God,
and that under his dispensa-
tion such person will be held
morally accountable for his
acts, and be rewarded or
ptmished therefor, either in
this world or the world to
come.
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under colour of religion any
man shall disturb the good
order, peace, or safety of the
State, or shall infringe the
laws of morality, or injure
others in their natural, civil
or religious rights; nor ought
any person to be compelled
to frequent or maintain, or
contribute, unless on con-
tract, to maintain any par-
ticular place of worship, or
any particular ministry; yet
the legislature may in their
discretion lay a general and
equal tax for the support
of the Christian religion,
leaving to each individual
the power of appointing the
payment over of the money
collected from him, to the
support of any particular
place of worship or minister,
or for the benefit of the poor
of his own denomination, or
the poor in general of any
particular county; but the
churches, chapels, glebes,
and all other property now
belonging to the church of
England, ought to remain to
the church of England for
ever. And all acts of assem-
bly lately passed for collect-
ing monies for building or
repairing particular churches
or chapels of ease shall con-
tinue in force and be exe-
cuted, unless the legislature
shall by act supercede or
repeal the same; but no
county court shall assess any
quantity of tobacco or sum
of money hereafter on the
application of any vestrymen
or churchwardens; and every
incumbent of the church of
England who hath remained
in his parish and performed
his duty, shall be entitled to
receive the provision and
support established by the
act entitled, "An act for the
support of the clergy of the
church of England in this
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