 | Joel Parker - 1856
...ordered and agreed, that for 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 limits of the same."f In September, 1635, it was " ordered that none but freemen shall have any vote in any town,... | |
 | 1856
...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 BANCROFT - 1856
...that, for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body politft, but sdch as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same." Thus was the elective franchise narrowed. The polity was a sort of theocracy; God himself... | |
 | 1856
...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... | |
 | 1857
...opinions and principles on this point. Here are specimens: " It is ordered that henceforth no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this Commonwealth, but...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 enact... | |
 | George Edward Ellis - 1857 - 511 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 - 1857 - 511 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 - 1857 - 511 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... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - 1858
...body of freemen may be preserved of honest and good men : It is ordered that henceforth no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this commonwealth, but...churches within the limits of this jurisdiction." Charters, &c., p. 117 (see post, laws 1660, 1665). 1 Analogous to thii were the laws against Quakers,... | |
 | Alvah Hovey - 1858 - 369 pages
..."ordered and agreed that, for 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 limits of the same." Four years later, the elders and brethren of every church within the jurisdiction were entreated... | |
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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... 
