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The European Union in Prophecy
attempt to prescribe a man's duties to God, they are out of place, and there can be no
safety; for it is clear that if the magistrates has the power, he may decree one set of
opinions or beliefs today and another tomorrow; as has been done in England by
different kings and queens, and by different popes and councils in the Roman Church;
so that belief would become a heap of confusion."--Martyn, vol. 5, p. 340.
Attendance at the services of the established church was required under a
penalty of fine or imprisonment. "Williams reprobated the law; the worst statute in
the English code was that which did but enforce attendance upon the parish church.
To compel men to unite with those of a different creed, he regarded as an open
violation of their natural rights; to drag to public worship the irreligious and the
unwilling, seemed only like requirin