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... Colony , the power of the Church being , in effect , superior to the civil power . For the main purpose of this paper it will not be necessary to go further back in history than to the reign of James the First , of England , 1603-1625 ...
... Colony , the power of the Church being , in effect , superior to the civil power . For the main purpose of this paper it will not be necessary to go further back in history than to the reign of James the First , of England , 1603-1625 ...
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... Colony . And the Pilgrims , through their chief men , agreed with the Virginia Company : " The Oath of Supremacy we shall willingly take , if it be required of us , if that convenient satisfaction be not given by our taking the Oath of ...
... Colony . And the Pilgrims , through their chief men , agreed with the Virginia Company : " The Oath of Supremacy we shall willingly take , if it be required of us , if that convenient satisfaction be not given by our taking the Oath of ...
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... Colonies . In the year 1655 , during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell , an Oath , probably similar to that ... Colony . It was without a Charter , and the functions of its government were those of a Corporation . The power of ...
... Colonies . In the year 1655 , during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell , an Oath , probably similar to that ... Colony . It was without a Charter , and the functions of its government were those of a Corporation . The power of ...
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... Colony , & plantation , to the vtmost of your power ; and oppose any thing that may hinder the same . So help you God . The words , " a true christian " were afterwards crossed out , and the form used later : " as you hope for help from ...
... Colony , & plantation , to the vtmost of your power ; and oppose any thing that may hinder the same . So help you God . The words , " a true christian " were afterwards crossed out , and the form used later : " as you hope for help from ...
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according accordingly yeild assistance administer amongst Bay Psalm Book Bodie Politick Charter Church of England civil Commonwealth conscience consent copy County Court declare Deputy Governor doe sweare dreadfull Name engagement established faithfully freemen Freemen's Oath Generall Assembly giue give my vote Gods providence Goun Government Harvard College hath haue Haven Colony heer heires and successors Henry Edwards Huntington hereafter hereby Ingagement John Winthrop Jurisdiction justice Lawes & Orders lawfull authority lawfully Lord Jesus Christ Lord King Charles Magistrate Majesty Majesty's Oath of Allegiance Oath of Fidelity Oaths of Supremacy obedience officers ordered person and estate plot or practice Plymouth Pope practice any evil printed Priviledges thereof providence an Inhabitant Providence Plantations Province pson psones publick shalbe sincerely acknowledge Soveraigne Lord speedy preventing thereof submitting take the Oath thatt Theophilus Eaton thereunto tion town true and faithfull tyme unto vnto vtmost wholesome Lawes William Coddington
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Page 6 - Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God, and one of another, covenant & combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick, for our better ordering & preservation & furtherance of ye ends aforesaid ; and by vertue hearof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just & equall lawes, ordinances, acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & convenient for ye generall good of ye Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission...
Page 43 - Affaires to be guided and gouerned according to such Lawes, Rules, Orders and decrees as shall be made, ordered & decreed, as followeth: — 1.
Page 42 - Forasmuch as it hath pleased the Allmighty God by the wise disposition of his diuyne pruidence so to Order and dispose of things that we the Inhabitants and Residents of Windsor...
Page 6 - James, by ye grace of God, of Great Britaine, Franc, & Ireland King, defender of ye faith, and so forth, haveing undertaken, for ye glorie of God, and advancemente of ye Christian faith, and honour of our king and countrie, a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia...
Page 55 - And I do further swear, That I do from my Heart abhor, detest and abjure, as Impious and Heretical, this damnable Doctrine and Position, That Princes, which be Excommunicated or Deprived by the Pope, may be Deposed or Murthered by their Subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 11 - ... shall have and enjoy all liberties and immunities of free and natural subjects within any of the dominions of us, our heirs or successors, to all intents, constructions, and purposes whatsoever, as if they and every of them were born within the realm of England.
Page 3 - ... and I do further swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest and abjure, as impious and heretical, this damnable doctrine and position, that princes which be excommunicated or deprived by the...
Page 12 - Plantation, and the distinguishing and setting forth of the severall duties, Powers, and Lymytts of every such Office and Place, and the Formes of such Oathes warrantable by the Lawes and Statutes of this our Realme of England, as shalbe respectivelie...
Page 58 - Lord Charles, by the grace of God King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c.
Page 32 - 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 limits of the same.