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Pa´gan`ish

    (pā´gan`ĭsh)
a.1.Of or pertaining to pagans; heathenish.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Like the Baptists, Williams' ideas were problematic, Featley insisted, because of his (and their) belief "that it is the will and command of God, that since the coming of his Son the Lord Jesus, a permission of the most Paganish, Jewish, Turkish, or Antichristian Consciences and worships be granted to all men in all Nations and Countries; That Civil States with their Officers of justice are not Governors or defenders of the Spiritual and Christian state and worship; That the doctrine of Persecution in case of Conscience (maintained by Calvin, Beza, Cotton, and the Ministers of the New English Churches) is guilty of all the blood of the souls crying for vengeance under the Altar." (25)
Sex, Class, and Religious Freedom: Daniel Featley vs. the Early Baptists
He specifically stated that "the most Paganish, Jewish, Turkish, or anti-Christian worships" should have freedom of religion "in all Nations."
Roger Williams: America's first rebel: how an 'altogether revolutionary' puritan preacher paved the way for religious liberty

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