 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...  The Congregational Quarterly - Page 491edited by - 1869Full view - About this book
 | William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin - 1826 - 906 pages
...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 bat freemen were allowed to hold any office.... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1826 - 666 pages
...repealing the law, whose title is fishermen, the first 'section. That page 33, none be admitted freemen, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of this jurisdiction, may be explained, and comprehend such as are members of the church of England. That... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1834 - 530 pages
...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...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... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1834 - 532 pages
...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...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... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1839 - 506 pages
...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...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 was to govern... | |
 | 1840 - 494 pages
...— It is ordained, that henceforth, no men shall be admitted to the freedom of this commonwealth, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of this jurisdiction." Two years after this, the Rev. John Cotton came over — being expelled from his... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1841 - 368 pages
...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...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 was to govern... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1844 - 514 pages
...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...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 was to govern... | |
 | Robert Baird - United States - 1844 - 550 pages
...body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it is ordered and agreed, that for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom...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,... | |
 | Robert Baird - United States - 1844 - 552 pages
...body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it is ordered and agreed, that for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom...members of some of the churches within the limits of the same.i'* In other words, no one was to vote at elections, or could be chosen to any office in the commonwealth,... | |
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