Memoir of Roger Williams: The Founder of the State of Rhode-Island |
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Page 35
... things in the parent country daily be- came more distressing to the friends of religion and liberty , an emigration , unparalleled for its extent , and for the character of the emigrants , was projected . A considera- ble number of ...
... things in the parent country daily be- came more distressing to the friends of religion and liberty , an emigration , unparalleled for its extent , and for the character of the emigrants , was projected . A considera- ble number of ...
Page 38
... things for their city , and its successive generations . Let them , above all , hold fast those great truths , for which the founders sacri- ficed every thing dear to them on earth . As the colonists came to this country to enjoy the ...
... things for their city , and its successive generations . Let them , above all , hold fast those great truths , for which the founders sacri- ficed every thing dear to them on earth . As the colonists came to this country to enjoy the ...
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... neither could nor would use them , inasmuch as they judged the imposition of these things to be a violation of the worship of God . " Magnalia , b . i . ch . iv . § 8 . " " * in all our ways according to the ROGER 41 WILLIAMS .
... neither could nor would use them , inasmuch as they judged the imposition of these things to be a violation of the worship of God . " Magnalia , b . i . ch . iv . § 8 . " " * in all our ways according to the ROGER 41 WILLIAMS .
Page 51
... thing publicly propounded in the congrega- tion ; who , in answer thereunto , distinguished between a theological ... things , and was un- willing that the term good man should be indiscriminately applied to all men . If he yielded to ...
... thing publicly propounded in the congrega- tion ; who , in answer thereunto , distinguished between a theological ... things , and was un- willing that the term good man should be indiscriminately applied to all men . If he yielded to ...
Page 57
... things , he disputed their right to the lands they possessed here , and concluded that , claiming by the King's grant , they could have no title , nor otherwise , except they compounded with the natives . For this , taking advice with ...
... things , he disputed their right to the lands they possessed here , and concluded that , claiming by the King's grant , they could have no title , nor otherwise , except they compounded with the natives . For this , taking advice with ...
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Page 424 - ... attempt or enterprise the destruction, invasion, detriment, or annoyance of this commonwealth ; and to use and exercise, over the army and navy, and over the militia in actual service, the law-martial, in time of war or invasion, and also in time of rebellion, declared by the legislature to exist, as occasion shall necessarily require ; and to take and surprise, by all ways and means whatsoever, all and ever...