 | John Richard Green - 1875 - 912 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 the body politic but such as are members of some of the churches within the bounds of the same." As... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1876 - 584 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...some of the churches within the limits of the same." Thus the polity became a theocracy ; God himself was to govern his people ; and the " saints by calling,"... | |
 | Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - 1876 - 528 pages
...a state for themselves struggled against drowning in a flood. In 1631 a law had been passed that,1 "No man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body...some of the churches within the limits of the same." Nevertheless in one year, when only one hundred and fortyfive were admitted as freemen,2 nearly three... | |
 | 1876 - 864 pages
...quite unique. As early as 1631 it was ordered and agreed that, for the time to come, no man should be admitted to the freedom of this body politic but such as were, members of some of the churches within the limits of the same. In thus carrying out what they... | |
 | 1876 - 624 pages
...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. 'I The charter of the Massachusetts Company had laid down no condition as to citizenship,... | |
 | National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States - 1877 - 480 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."4 The reason assigned, it will be observed, was not of a religious, but of a civil, nature. It... | |
 | Edward Howland - 1877 - 848 pages
...should resume the power of electing their officers. It was also " ordered and agreed, 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 witliin the limits of the same." This disfranchised about threequarters of the population. 1631, JULY... | |
 | Edward Howland - 1877 - 858 pages
...their officers. It was also " ordered and agreed, that for the time to come, no man shall be ' *dmitted to the freedom of this body politic but such as are...some of the churches within the limits of the same." This disfranchised about threequarters of the population. 1631, JULY 4. — A bark was launched at... | |
 | 1891 - 184 pages
...Plymouth in 1620: but eleven years afterward it was decreed "that no man should be admitted to the body politic but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same." In Massachusetts in 1634 it was ordered bv the court "that none but freemen should have any vote in... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1877 - 920 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 the body politic but such as are members of some of the churches within the bounds of the same." As... | |
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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... 
