 | David Bogue, James Bennett - 1809 - 494 pages
...and the world, they did not stop here, but passed a law, that " for the time to come, no man should be admitted to the freedom of this body politic, but...some of the churches within the limits of the same." One would think that the genius of madness and discord dictated this resolution, which carries in it... | |
 | Epaphras Hoyt - 1824 - 338 pages
...honest men, it was also ordered, ' that for the time to come, no man be admitted to the freedom of the body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches within its limits;' and subsequently it was resolved, ' that none but such should share in the administration... | |
 | 1825 - 398 pages
...18th of May, 1631, it was voted, that " 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 ; " and they suffered no churches to be gathered, but such as were sound in doctrine, according to... | |
 | Thomas Prince - 1826 - 452 pages
...assistants. And, third, to the end the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, ordered and agreed that for the time to come, no man...some of the churches within the limits of the same. Fourth, Thomas Williams having undertaken to set up a ferry between Winnesemet and Charlestown, he... | |
 | Joseph Willard - 1826 - 98 pages
...Massachusetts, May, 1631, it was ordered " that no man should be admitted to the freedom of this Commonwealth, but such as are members of some of the churches, within the limits of this jurisdiction." And this was the law till 1664. None but freemen were allowed to hold any office.... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1834 - 530 pages
...time established. " 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...some of the churches within the limits of the same." The principle of universal suffrage was the usage of Virginia; Massachusetts, resting for its defence... | |
 | 1859 - 536 pages
...18,1631), "to the end the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men," it was " ordained 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." The commonwealth... | |
 | William Savage - 1841 - 836 pages
...or persons as shall sue for the same, s. 11. " And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That for the time to come no Man shall be admitted to be a Master-Printer, until they who are now actually Master-Printers, shall be by death or otherwise,... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - 1902 - 472 pages
...had been admitted since the establishment of the religious test, some three years previous. It was " ordered and agreed, that, for the time to come, no...some of the churches within the limits of the same." 9 In 1635 and the year following, the General Court legislated to separate the municipal functions... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1844 - 552 pages
...ran thus : " To the end that the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it is ordered and agreed, that for the time to come, no...some of the churches within the limits of the same."* In other words, no one was to vote at elections, or could be chosen to any office in the commonwealth,... | |
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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. 
