 | John Wood - 1802 - 560 страници
...out of the constitutional regulations about holding offices, the words " who acknowledges the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments. He staid away from the Senate without any cause for nineteen weeks and four days, so that Pennsylvania,... | |
 | 1822 - 474 страници
...just punishment for his long scepticism and neglect of his duty to his Creator. Being convinced of the existence of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishment, he acquainted his religious friend with the change that had taken place in his mind, and,... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - 1828 - 446 страници
...dmer.Jour.of Medical Sciences fur May,lS31[CummunicaU'd.] LAW I>'TELLIGEIVCE. MICHES on t'. TABOAHT. (Common Pleas of Chester county.) On the trial of...was objected to as incompetent. In support of his adniissibibty, a case was cited from the Massachusetts Ke ports, where it was decided "that disbelief... | |
 | 1828 - 562 страници
...saving witness in a criminal case may chance to be of that persuasion. I think that no one who believes in the existence of a God and a future state of rewards and punishments, should be excluded from giving his testimony in either kind of trial, the power of crediting... | |
 | 844 страници
...with Judge Bailey and bis learned brothers ; the same doctrine is advocated by persons, who disbelieve the existence of a God and a future state of rewards and punishments; that such a belief is a necessary delusion, that it restrains man from vicious conduct,... | |
 | 1832 - 460 страници
...— Amer.Jour.of Medical Sciences for May,\83l[Comraunicated.] LAW INTELLIGENCE. MICHENOK v. TACGAHT. (Common Pleas of Chester county.) On the trial of...avowed his disbelief in the existence of a God, and & future state of rewards and punishments. He was objected to as incompetent. In support of his admissibility,... | |
 | 1834 - 614 страници
...motive, or strengthen any existing motive, to veracity. A man of virtuous principles, who believes in the existence of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, would not require any ceremony to remind him that in giving his testimony in a court of... | |
 | William Johnson - 1837 - 678 страници
...as a witness, had, within three months before the trial, often, deliberately and publicly, declared his disbelief in the existence of a GOD, and a future state of rewards and punishments, he cannot, on being called to be sworn and objected to, be admitted to deny those declarations, or to... | |
 | 1837 - 538 страници
...inquiry. Atheists. It is a rule of the common law that none shall be sworn as witnesses who do not believe in the existence of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments. We are inclined to believe that this rule ought to be changed, and that the objection... | |
 | Ephraim Banks - 1838 - 436 страници
...moral maxims they contain. He ascribed philanthropy and benevolence to Christ He plainly acknowledged the existence of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments. The religion he believed in is free from the authority and dogmas of men. It is built... | |
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The existence of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, are totally foreign to the subject. 
