If any refuse to obey the common laws and orders of the ship concerning their common peace or preservation; if any shall mutiny or rise up against their commanders and officers; if any should preach or write that there should be no commanders or officers because all are equal in Christ, therefore no master or officers, no laws nor orders, nor corrections nor punishments - I say I never denied that in such cases, the commander may judge, resist, compel, and punish such transgressors according to their deserts and merits.
Roger WilliamsAll who are entrusted with spiritual and temporal talents must lay them out for the Lord and Master's advantage.
Roger WilliamsIt is less hurtful to compel a man to marry someone whom he does not love than to follow a religion in which he does not believe.
Roger Williams