 | 1857 - 654 pages
...specimens: " It is ordered that henceforth no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this Commonwealth, but such as are members of some of the Churches within the limits of this Commonwealth." May, 1631.—(Mass. Bay Col. Laws, Ch. xi i \. Sec, L) "This Court doth order and... | |
 | George Edward Ellis - Massachusetts - 1857 - 546 pages
...and agreed that for time to come noe man shalbe j 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... | |
 | George Edward Ellis - Unitarianism - 1857 - 552 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... | |
 | George Edward Ellis - Congregationalists - 1857 - 562 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... | |
 | Alvah Hovey - 1858 - 396 pages
...authoritative documents. In 1631, the General Court of Massachusetts "ordered and agreed that, for time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom...some of the churches within the limits of the same." Four years later, the elders and brethren of every church within the jurisdiction were entreated to... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - Law - 1858 - 678 pages
...good men: It is ordered that henceforth no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this commonwealth, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of this jurisdiction." Charters, &c., p. 117 (see post, laws 1660, 1665). 1 Analogous to this were tho... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - New England - 1858 - 696 pages
.... Religious man shall be admitted to the freedom of this test for the body politic, but such as arc members of some of the churches within the limits of the same." * The men who laid this singular foundation for the commomYealth which they were instituting, had been... | |
 | SAMUEL GREENE ARNOLD - 1859 - 594 pages
...the community. " 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...some of the churches within the limits of the same. 7 ' 1 This extraordinary law continued in force until the dissolution of the government, 2 and the... | |
 | Samuel Greene Arnold - Rhode Island - 1859 - 606 pages
...the community. " 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...members of some of the churches within the limits of the same."1 This extraordinary law continued in force until the dissolution of the government,' and the... | |
 | Samuel Greene Arnold - Rhode Island - 1859 - 602 pages
...commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was ordered and agreed, that for the time to tome, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body...members of some of the churches within the limits of the same."1 This extraordinary law continued in force until the dissolution of the government,8 and the... | |
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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... 
