Memoir of Roger Williams: The Founder of the State of Rhode-IslandLincoln, Edmands, 1834 - 437 pages |
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Page 34
... whole territory between the 40th and the 48th degrees of north latitude , from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean , was granted to the company . * In 1627-8 , the Company sold to several gentlemen , among whom were John Endicott and John ...
... whole territory between the 40th and the 48th degrees of north latitude , from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean , was granted to the company . * In 1627-8 , the Company sold to several gentlemen , among whom were John Endicott and John ...
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... whole to seventeen sail , † with above fifteen hundred passengers . The Arbella , with Governor Winthrop on board , arrived at Salem on the 12th of June , and the other vessels arrived soon after . The colonists there had lost eighty of ...
... whole to seventeen sail , † with above fifteen hundred passengers . The Arbella , with Governor Winthrop on board , arrived at Salem on the 12th of June , and the other vessels arrived soon after . The colonists there had lost eighty of ...
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... whole peninsula of Boston , because he was the first white man who slept there . He hospitably invited Gov. Winthrop and his friends to re- move thither , on account of a fine spring of water there . He soon left Boston , alleging that ...
... whole peninsula of Boston , because he was the first white man who slept there . He hospitably invited Gov. Winthrop and his friends to re- move thither , on account of a fine spring of water there . He soon left Boston , alleging that ...
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... whole peninsula , sumptuous structures and spacious temples , comfortable dwellings , ample ware- houses , and every thing which can minister to the happi- ness of men . The poorest of its citizens is better sheltered and better fed ...
... whole peninsula , sumptuous structures and spacious temples , comfortable dwellings , ample ware- houses , and every thing which can minister to the happi- ness of men . The poorest of its citizens is better sheltered and better fed ...
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... whole judicial law . " They punished crimes , not by the laws of England , but by those of Moses . Idol- atry , blasphemy , man stealing , adultery , and some other crimes , not punishable with death by the laws of the parent country ...
... whole judicial law . " They punished crimes , not by the laws of England , but by those of Moses . Idol- atry , blasphemy , man stealing , adultery , and some other crimes , not punishable with death by the laws of the parent country ...
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Page 357 - Who is that mysterious Word, that was " in the beginning, with God ? " Who is the " Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, the first and the last...
Page 302 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 422 - ... to the knowledge and obedience of the only true God and Saviour of mankind, and the Christian faith, which in our royal intention, and the adventurers' free profession, is the principal end of this plantation.
Page 277 - ... should preach or write, that there ought to be no commanders or officers, because all are equal in Christ, therefore no masters nor officers, no laws nor orders, no corrections nor punishments ; I say I never denied, but in such cases, whatever is pretended, the commander or commanders may judge, resist, compel, and punish such transgressors, according to their deserts and merits.
Page 316 - That our royal will and pleasure is, that no person within the said colony, at any time hereafter, shall be any wise molested, punished, disquieted, or called in question, for any differences in opinion in matters of religion...
Page 419 - England, or take or subscribe the oaths and articles made and established in that behalf; and for that the same, by reason of the remote distances of those places, will (as we hope) be no breach of the unity and uniformity established in this nation...
Page 40 - ... we desire you would be pleased to take notice of the principals and body of our company, as those who esteem it our honor to call the Church of England, from whence we rise, our dear mother ; and cannot part from our native country, where she specially resideth, without much sadness of heart and many tears in our eyes...
Page 143 - We whose names are underwritten do here solemnly in the presence of Jehovah, incorporate ourselves into a Bodie Politick, and as he shall help, will .submit our persons, lives and estates unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and to all those perfect and most absolute laws of his given us in his holy word of truth, to be guided and judged thereby.
Page 118 - It pleased the Father of spirits to touch many hearts, dear to him, with some relentings; amongst which, that great and pious soul, Mr. Winslow, melted, and kindly visited me, at Providence, and put a piece of gold into the hands of my wife, for our supply.
Page 262 - It pleased the Lord to call me for some time, and with some persons, to practise the Hebrew, the Greek, Latin, French and Dutch. The Secretary of the Council, (Mr. Milton) for my Dutch I read him, read me many more languages.