Roger Williams Quote

Civil government is an ordinance of God, to conserve the civil peace of a people, so far as concerns their bodies and goods.


The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience Discussed (ed. 1848)


Civil government is an ordinance of God, to conserve the civil peace of a people, so far as concerns their bodies and goods.

Civil government is an ordinance of God, to conserve the civil peace of a people, so far as concerns their bodies and goods.

Civil government is an ordinance of God, to conserve the civil peace of a people, so far as concerns their bodies and goods.

Civil government is an ordinance of God, to conserve the civil peace of a people, so far as concerns their bodies and goods.