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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... means of con- viction , incur the penalty ensuing , that is , euery person so meeting , shall pay to the country for euery time , ten shill- ings , and euery one speaking in such meeting , shall pay five pounds a piece , and in case of ...
... means of con- viction , incur the penalty ensuing , that is , euery person so meeting , shall pay to the country for euery time , ten shill- ings , and euery one speaking in such meeting , shall pay five pounds a piece , and in case of ...
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... mean time they shall transgress against the new law made this court against Quakers , they shall be proceeded with as the said law requires . And it is referred to the county court of Suffolk , to de- clare this sentence to them , and ...
... mean time they shall transgress against the new law made this court against Quakers , they shall be proceeded with as the said law requires . And it is referred to the county court of Suffolk , to de- clare this sentence to them , and ...
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... mean time that she be kept close prisoner till her son or some other person be ready to carry her away within the aforesaid time . And it is further ordered , that she shall be carried to the place of execution , and there to stand upon ...
... mean time that she be kept close prisoner till her son or some other person be ready to carry her away within the aforesaid time . And it is further ordered , that she shall be carried to the place of execution , and there to stand upon ...
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... means , with as much lenity as may consist with our safety , to prevent the intrusions of the Quakers , who , besides their absurd and blasphem- ous doctrines , do like Rogues and vagabonds come in upon us , and have not been restrained ...
... means , with as much lenity as may consist with our safety , to prevent the intrusions of the Quakers , who , besides their absurd and blasphem- ous doctrines , do like Rogues and vagabonds come in upon us , and have not been restrained ...
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... means manifesting himself to be a Quaker , shall by warrant under the hand of the said magistrate or magistrates , commission- er or commissioners , directed to the Constable of the towne wherein he or shee is taken , or in absence of ...
... means manifesting himself to be a Quaker , shall by warrant under the hand of the said magistrate or magistrates , commission- er or commissioners , directed to the Constable of the towne wherein he or shee is taken , or in absence 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.