...the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was likewise ordered and agreed, that for time to come no man shall be admitted to...some of the churches within the limits of the same." * Looked at in the light of our days, or even by the contemporary working of the rule as experimental...

...very first meeting after the transfer of the " Charter," on the mutter of suffrage in the Colony — " no man shall be admitted to the freedom " of this...some of the Churches within the limits of the " same "—and if William Frederic Poole was in the audience, as we have excellent reasons for believing he...

...matter of suffrage in the Colony — " 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 if William Frederic Poole was in the audience, as we have excellent reasons for believing...

...good men : It is ordered, That henceforth no man 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." Can we lay our hands upon our hearts, and say, that all our laws regulating suffrage...

...good men : It is ordered, That henceforth no man 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." Can we lay our hands upon our hearts, and say, that all our laws regulating suffrage...

...arrival, they 'ordered and agreed that, for time to come, no man should be admitted to the freedom of the body politic but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same.' u It was the aspiration of the Puritans to form a Christian republic after the model of the Jewish...

...conscience." " It is ordered that henceforth no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this Commonwealth, but such as are members of some of the Churches within the limits of this Commonwealth." fl " It is therefore ordered by this Court, and the authority thereof, that whosoever...

...Haven church-membership was a condition of the franchise. " It is 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 : "...

...Haven church-membership was a condition of the franchise. " It is 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 : "...

...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." —(May 18, 1631,) Records of the Colony of Mass. Bay, vol. i. p, 87. The Connecticut...