Province of West New Jersey (November 25, 1681):
<Forasmuch as it hath pleased God, to bring us into this Province of West New Jersey, and settle us here in safety, that we may be a people to the praise and honor of His name, who hath so dealt with us, and for the good and welfare of our posterity to come, we the Governor and Proprietors, freeholders and inhabitants of West New Jersey...do make and constitute these our agreements to be as fundamentals...
10. That liberty of conscience in matters of faith and worship towards God shall be granted to all people within the Province aforesaid; who shall live peaceably and quietly therein; and that none of the free people of the said Province, shall be rendered incapable of office in respect of their faith and worship.> 1681NJ001
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Endnotes:
1681NJ001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Province of West New Jersey, November 25, 1681.