...no Churchman but the Founding Father perhaps least sectarian of all, Benjamin Franklin, who said : "I never was without some religious principles. I never doubted, for instance, the existence of the Deity; that he made the world and govern'd it by his Providence ; that the most acceptable service...

...Dogmas of that Persuasion, such as the Eternal Decrees of God, Election, Reprobation, &c. appear'd to me unintelligible, others doubtful, and I early...the Public Assemblies of the Sect, Sunday being my Studying-Day, I never was without some religious Principles; I never doubted, for instance, the Existance...

...Dogmas of that Persuasion, such as the Eternal Decrees of God, Election, Reprobation, &c. appear'd to me unintelligible, others doubtful, and I early...the Public Assemblies of the Sect, Sunday being my Studying-Day, I never was without some religious Principles; I never doubted, for instance, the Existance...

...of the dogmas of that persuasion, such as the eternal decrees of God, election, reprobation, etc., appeared to me unintelligible, others doubtful, and...principles. I never doubted, for instance, the existence of the Deity; that he made the world, and govern'd it by his Providence; that the most acceptable service...

...of the dogmas of that persuasion, such as the eternal decrees of God, election, reprobation, etc., appeared to me unintelligible, others doubtful, and...assemblies of the sect, Sunday being my studying day, I was never without some religious principles. I never doubted, for example, the existence of the Deity,...

...of the dogmas of that persuasion, such as the eternal decrees of God, election, reprobation, etc., appeared to me unintelligible, others doubtful, and...principles. I never doubted, for instance, the existence of the Deity; that he made the world, and govern'd it by his Providence; that the most acceptable service...

...Dogmas of that Persuasion, such as the Eternal Decrees of God, Election, Reprobation, etc. appear'd to me unintelligible, others doubtful, and I early...the Public Assemblies of the Sect, Sunday being my Studying-Day. . . . The key terms in this text are "Dogmas," "Persuasion," and "sect." 4Leonard W....

...century, were to be found among the Americans. For example, Benjamin Franklin writes in his autobiography, I never was without some religious principles. I never doubted, for instance, the existence of the Deity; that he made the world and govern'd it by his Providence; that the most acceptable service...

...of the dogmas of that persuasion, such as the eternal decrees of God, election, reprobation, etc., appeared to me unintelligible, others doubtful, and...principles. I never doubted, for instance, the existence of the Deity; that he made the world, and govern'd it by his Providence; that the most acceptable service...

...A History of American Philosophy (New York: Columbia University Press, 1946), 37-38. "Ibid., 38-39. appeared to me unintelligible, others doubtful, and...without some religious principles. I never doubted, for example, the existence of the Deity, that he made the world and governed it by his providence, that...