ration because of advantage it is expediant that we should be awair of such things and we ought always to be awair of those prejudices which sometimes so strongly presented themselves and are so congenial to human nature against our neighbors friends and bretheren of the world who choose to differ with us in opinion and in matters of faith. Our religion is betwean us and our God their religion is betwean them and their God there is a tie which belongs from God that should be exercised to wards those of our faith who walk uprightly which is peculiar to itself but it is without prejudice but gives scope to the mind which inables us to conduct ourselves with grater liberality to ward all others <​that are not of our faith​> than what they exercise towards one another these principal approximate nearer to the mind of God because it is like God or God like There is a principal also which we are bound to be exercised with that is in common with all men such as governments and laws and regulations in the civil conserns of life this principal garentees to all parties sects and denominations parties and clases of religeon equal and indef cohera[nt] indefeasible rights they are things that pertain [to] this life therefore all are alike interested they make our responcibilities one toward another in matters of corruptable <​things​> while the former principals do not destroy the latter but bind us stronger and make our responcibilities not only one to another but unto God also hence we say that the constitution of the is a glorious standard it is founded [in] the wisdom of God it is a heavenly banner it is to all those who are privilaged with the sweats of its liberty like the cooling shades and refres[h] [p. 10]