 | George Bancroft - 1854 - 550 sivua
...body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was ordered and agreed, that, for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom...some of the churches within the limits of the same." Thus was the elective franchise narrowed. The polity was a sort of theocracy; God himself was to govern... | |
 | William Gammell - 1854 - 266 sivua
...arrival, they " ordered and agreed that, for time to come, no man should be admitted to the freedom of the body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same." It was the aspiration of the Puritans to form a Christian republic, after the model of the Jewish theocracy,... | |
 | Charles Brooks - 1855 - 622 sivua
...of Commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it is likewise ordered and agreed, that for the time to come no man shall be admitted to the freedom...some of the churches within the limits of the same." " A freeman must be orthodox, a member of the church, twenty years old, and worth .£200." At a later... | |
 | Charles Brooks - 1855 - 622 sivua
...of Commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it is likewise ordered and agreed, that for the time to come no man shall be admitted to the freedom...some of the churches within the limits of the same." " A freeman must be orthodox, a member of the church, twenty years old, and worth ,£200." At a later... | |
 | John Stetson Barry - 1855 - 544 sivua
...to the end the body of the com- May ls, mons may be preserved of honest and good men, that, for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom...politic, but such as are members of some of the churches of the same." This was indeed a singular law, copied by the New Haven Colony, and virtually for a time... | |
 | John Stetson Barry - 1855 - 544 sivua
...the end the body of the com- May 1s, mons may be preserved of honest and good men, that, for the tune to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of...politic, but such as are members of some of the churches of the same." This was indeed a singular law, copied by the New Haven Colony, and virtually for a time... | |
 | Joel Parker - 1856 - 554 sivua
...body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was likewise ordered and agreed, that for time to come no man shall be admitted to the freedom...members of some of the churches within the limits of the same."f In September, 1635, it was " ordered that none but freemen shall have any vote in any town,... | |
 | 1856 - 754 sivua
...the general court ordered, " That no man for the time to come shall be admitted to the freedom of the body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the jne." This suicidal policy could not fail to arouse the spirit of Williams, and make him warn the government... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1856 - 500 sivua
...body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was ordered and agreed, that, for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body politft, but sdch as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same." Thus was the... | |
 | 1856 - 542 sivua
...ordered and agreed that for time to come noe man shalbe admitted to the freedome of this body polliticke, but such as are members of some of the churches within the lymitts of the same." No man, therefore, could hold any civil office, or vote in civil affairs, except... | |
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To the end the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was ordered and agreed, that, for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches within the... 
