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... Towns maketh it burdensome to the Inhabitants , to bring their corne so far by land ; some Gentlemen have here laid ... Town of Boston ; they had formerly one Mr. Whelewright to preach unto them , ( till this Government could no longer ...
... Towns maketh it burdensome to the Inhabitants , to bring their corne so far by land ; some Gentlemen have here laid ... Town of Boston ; they had formerly one Mr. Whelewright to preach unto them , ( till this Government could no longer ...
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... Town called Glocester , and of the Church and Town of Dover , and of the hardships that befel a certain people , who thirsted after large liberty in a warm Country . FOR the Government of this little Commonwealth , this year was chosen ...
... Town called Glocester , and of the Church and Town of Dover , and of the hardships that befel a certain people , who thirsted after large liberty in a warm Country . FOR the Government of this little Commonwealth , this year was chosen ...
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... Town of Dover , although they lay out of any of these Colonies mentioned , ( yet hearing and seeing with what sweet har- mony , both in Churches and civil Government , the Mat- tachusets peopled patten was carried on prosperously ) de ...
... Town of Dover , although they lay out of any of these Colonies mentioned , ( yet hearing and seeing with what sweet har- mony , both in Churches and civil Government , the Mat- tachusets peopled patten was carried on prosperously ) de ...
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... Towns and Churches in N. E. and in particular of the Church and Town at Wooburn , being the three and twentieth Church of Christ in the Mattachusets Government . THERE was a Town and Church erected called Woo- burn , this present year ...
... Towns and Churches in N. E. and in particular of the Church and Town at Wooburn , being the three and twentieth Church of Christ in the Mattachusets Government . THERE was a Town and Church erected called Woo- burn , this present year ...
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... Town thereof , upon the Act of Court ; these seven men have power to give and grant out lands unto any persons who are willing to take up their dwellings within the said precinct , & to be ad- mitted to al common priviledges of the said ...
... Town thereof , upon the Act of Court ; these seven men have power to give and grant out lands unto any persons who are willing to take up their dwellings within the said precinct , & to be ad- mitted to al common priviledges of the said ...
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Page 121 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season : esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt ; for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
Page 120 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Page 86 - 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.
Page 65 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest and abjure as impious and heretical this 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 65 - ... or successors, or any absolution of the said subjects from their obedience ; I will bear faith and true allegiance to his majesty, his heirs and successors, and him and them will defend, to the uttermost of my power, against all conspiracies and attempts whatsoever...
Page 26 - That whereas Mr. Williams had refused to join with the congregation at Boston, because they would not make a public declaration of their repentance for having communion with the churches of England, while they lived there ; and, besides, had declared his opinion, that the magistrate might not punish the breach of the Sabbath, nor any other offence, as it was a breach of the first table...
Page 48 - ... exercised his gifts amongst them and after some time was admitted a member of the church. And his teaching well approved, for the benefit whereof I still bless God, and am thankful to him, even for his sharpest admonitions and reproofs so far as they agreed with truth.
Page 186 - ... to vary the name ; for I feared lest it should be looked on as a vanity in me, and not as a respect in the king, as it truly was, to my father, whom he often mentions with praise.
Page 64 - We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
Page 64 - Majesty's dominions and countries; and that the Pope, neither of himself, nor by any authority of the Church or See of Rome, or by any other means with any other, hath any power or authority to depose the King, or to dispose...