"But who is to decide who truly fears……" — Roger Williams

But who is to decide who truly fears the Lord? The magistrate… - Roger Williams

"But who is to decide who truly fears the Lord? The magistrate has no power to enforce religious demands. The laws of the First Table of the Ten Commandments are not regulations for a civil society or a political order. They belong to the realm of religion, not politics."

— Roger Williams

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