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All civil states, with their officers of justice, in their respective constitutions and administrations, are proved essentially civil, and therefore not judges, governors, or defenders of the spiritual, or Christian, state and worship.

Roger Williams

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Roger Williams
Born: 1603
Born: December 21
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