 | Charles Brooks - 1855 - 622 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...the 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...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 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 pages
...secondary to the church. ... It was ordered that ' no man should be admitted to the freedom of the body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches.' — North American Revlew, No. 12S. — Gammell's Life of Roger Williams. chiefly narrated by his most... | |
 | 1856 - 542 pages
...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... | |
 | 1856 - 534 pages
...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... 
