 No person who acknowledges the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth.  History of North America - Page 39by John Talbot - 1820 - 4 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1825 - 400 pages
...as amended, adopted. The fourth section of the said bill of rights being under consideration, viz. That no person who acknowledges the being of a God, and a futiire state of rewards and punishments, shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified... | |
 | William Rawle - 1825 - 438 pages
...of political rights, provided in the latter description, the party publicly declares his belief in the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments. This qualification is not expressly required of an elector, and perhaps was introduced... | |
 | George Oliver - 1825 - 198 pages
...assertion. All our charges, all our regulations, assume, as a foundation which cannot be moved, a belief in the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, and inculcate the necessity of moral purity, as a qualification for future happiness;... | |
 | 1828 - 494 pages
...to any religious estahlishments or modes of worship. 4. That no person, who acknowledges the heing of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, shall, on account of his religious sentiments, he disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this commonwealth. . 5. That elections... | |
 | Joel Barlow Sutherland - 1830 - 404 pages
...preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship. SECT. IV. No person who acknowledges the being of a God, and...punishments, shall, on account of his religious sentiments, he disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this commonwealth. [.See 2 Cowen,... | |
 | 1847 - 412 pages
...disqualified for office; but the governor may remove this disqualification. No person acknowledging " the being of a God, and a future state of rewards...account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified " for office. In all libel suits, if the matter concern the official conduct of public men, or the... | |
 | William Darby, Theodore Dwight - 1833 - 676 pages
...and general jail delivery,inthe several cos. The trial by jury in issues of fact to remain inviolate. No person who acknowledges the being of a God and...of rewards and punishments, shall on account of his religions sentiments, be disqualified to hold any otlice or place of trust or profit under this commonwealth.... | |
 | William Darby, Theodore Dwight - 1833 - 634 pages
...cos. The trial by jury in issues of tact to remain inviolate. No person who acknowledges the being ol a God and a future state of rewards and punishments, shall on account of his religions sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this commonwealth.... | |
 | James Foster - 1836 - 310 pages
...Bible, and uses that liberty, can err in Fundamentals. I take it for granted that such a one believes the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, (which I think areHot fundamental articles of Christianity properly so called, but general... | |
 | 1838 - 436 pages
...preference shall ever be given by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship. Sec. IV. That no person who acknowledges the being of a God...hold any office, or place of trust or profit under this commonwealth. Sec. X. [Any person who shall, after the adoption of the amendments proposed by... | |
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