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It is further to be considered, that the general practice of religion and virtue is of great importance to their happiness… And God having in the constitution of nature made religion and virtue conducive, and even necessary to the happiness of human society, he has thereby plainly taught us, that it is the duty and business of society as such, or of the civil magistrate to do everything to promote them, that may be done without injuring the rights of conscience.
Simeon Howard — A Sermon Preached before the Honorable Council… of Massachusetts-Bay (Election Sermon, 1780)
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