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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... further ordered , that if any Quaker or Quakers shall pre- sume , after they have once suffered what the law requir- eth , to come into this jurisdiction , euery such male Qua- ker shall , for the first offence , haue one of his ears ...
... further ordered , that if any Quaker or Quakers shall pre- sume , after they have once suffered what the law requir- eth , to come into this jurisdiction , euery such male Qua- ker shall , for the first offence , haue one of his ears ...
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... further ordered , that she shall be carried to the place of execution , and there to stand upon the gallows , with a rope about her neck , till the rest be executed ; and then to return to the prison and remain as aforesaid . A Letter ...
... further ordered , that she shall be carried to the place of execution , and there to stand upon the gallows , with a rope about her neck , till the rest be executed ; and then to return to the prison and remain as aforesaid . A Letter ...
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... further order . Massachusetts Record . This court heretofore , for some reasons induceing , did judge meet to suspend the execution of the laws against Quakers as such , so far as they respect corporal punish- ment or death , during the ...
... further order . Massachusetts Record . This court heretofore , for some reasons induceing , did judge meet to suspend the execution of the laws against Quakers as such , so far as they respect corporal punish- ment or death , during the ...
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... further ordered and decreed that if any were elec- ted to the office of councell and refused to hold the place , that then he be amerced in ten pounds sterling fine , and in case refused to be paid to be forthwith levied . It was further ...
... further ordered and decreed that if any were elec- ted to the office of councell and refused to hold the place , that then he be amerced in ten pounds sterling fine , and in case refused to be paid to be forthwith levied . It was further ...
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... further warrant , upon sight or information thereof , to distraine his or their goods for it as doe refuse to pay it upon his demand , and to be accompta- ble to the Treasurer of what he receives yearly at the Elec- con Corte . 1652 ...
... further warrant , upon sight or information thereof , to distraine his or their goods for it as doe refuse to pay it upon his demand , and to be accompta- ble to the Treasurer of what he receives yearly at the Elec- con Corte . 1652 ...
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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.