The Blue Laws of New Haven Colony, Usually Called Blue Laws of Connecticut, Quaker Laws of Plymouth and Massachusetts, Blue Laws of New York, Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina, First Record of Connecticut: Interesting Extracts from Connecticut Records, Cases of Salem Witchcraft, Charges and Banishment of Rev. Roger Williams, &c., and Other Interesting and Instructive Antiquities |
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... cause to be brought , directly or indirectly any known Quaker or Quakers , or other blas- phemous Hereticks into this jurisdiction , euery such per- son shall forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds to the country , and shall by warrant ...
... cause to be brought , directly or indirectly any known Quaker or Quakers , or other blas- phemous Hereticks into this jurisdiction , euery such per- son shall forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds to the country , and shall by warrant ...
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... cause them to be appre- hended , and if upon examination of the case , he shall ac- cording to his best discretion , finde just ground for such complaint , he shall commit such person to prison , until he comes to his tryal as is above ...
... cause them to be appre- hended , and if upon examination of the case , he shall ac- cording to his best discretion , finde just ground for such complaint , he shall commit such person to prison , until he comes to his tryal as is above ...
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... caused theire bloud to bee shed ; thou hast through these things broken and transgressed the lawes and waies of God ... cause of trauell will not be greater than thyne . Since first I saw thee and before , thy false and lying tongue ...
... caused theire bloud to bee shed ; thou hast through these things broken and transgressed the lawes and waies of God ... cause of trauell will not be greater than thyne . Since first I saw thee and before , thy false and lying tongue ...
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... caused him to be put to death . Verses 44 , 46 . 3. Also in this story of Solomon and Shimei , it is recor- ded ( 1 Kings 2 , ) how Solomon confined Shimei to Jerusalem , charging him upon pain of death not to go out 3 * MASSACHUSETTS . 29.
... caused him to be put to death . Verses 44 , 46 . 3. Also in this story of Solomon and Shimei , it is recor- ded ( 1 Kings 2 , ) how Solomon confined Shimei to Jerusalem , charging him upon pain of death not to go out 3 * MASSACHUSETTS . 29.
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... cause and Authors of their own death . 5. Who can make question , but that a man that hath children and family , both justly may and in duty ought to preserve them of his charge , ( as far as he is able ) from the dangerous company of ...
... cause and Authors of their own death . 5. Who can make question , but that a man that hath children and family , both justly may and in duty ought to preserve them of his charge , ( as far as he is able ) from the dangerous company of ...
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Page 265 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul : neither said any of them that aught of the things which he possessed was his own } but they had all things common.
Page 270 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it ; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the Gospel's, the same shall save it.
Page 98 - I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, That princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 103 - If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and that when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them...
Page 98 - And I do solemnly in the presence of God profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me, as they are commonly understood by English Protestants, without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever...
Page 67 - Whereas, Mr. Roger Williams, one of the elders of the church of Salem, hath broached and divulged divers new and dangerous opinions against the authority of magistrates ; as also writ letters of defamation, both of the magistrates and churches...
Page 98 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
Page 99 - Second and since his decease pretended to be and took upon himself the style and title of King of England by the name of James the Third or of Scotland by the name of James the Eighth or the style and title of King of Great Britain hath any right or title whatsoever to the crown of this realm or any other the dominions thereunto belonging.
Page 98 - I do declare, that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm: So help me God.
Page 99 - Do truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess, testify and declare in my conscience before God and the world that our Sovereign Lord King George is lawful and rightful King of this realm and all other His Majesty's dominions and countries thereunto belonging.