 | Francis Lister Hawks - 1839 - 536 pages
...1638, the only one with which our subject has any immediate connexion, was that which declared, that " Holy Church within this province shall have and enjoy...liberties, and franchises, wholly and without blemish :" * and this law was enacted to continue in force, till the end of the next general assembly, and... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks - 1839 - 534 pages
...1638, the only one with which our subject has any immediate connexion, was that which declared, that " Holy Church within this province shall have and enjoy...liberties, and franchises, wholly and without blemish :" 1 and this law was enacted to continue in force, till the end of the next general assembly, and... | |
 | James Stuart Murray Anderson - 1848 - 796 pages
...afterwards the perpetual law of the province, cannot be passed by without notice. It was to this effect : ' Holy Church within this Province shall have and enjoy...liberties, and franchises, wholly and without blemish 62. These are very nearly the words of the first section of Magna Charta 83 ; and it cannot be doubted... | |
 | John England - 1849 - 508 pages
...only by the name of Christians. In 1640, the act for church liberties was passed, which enacts that " holy church within this province shall have and enjoy...liberties, and franchises, wholly and without blemish." A number of Protestants having subsequently come into the province and made settlements, religious... | |
 | 1855 - 654 pages
...we have not ; but in 1C76, it was enacted as a perpetual law. And Bacon* tells us, it enacted " that holy Church within this province, shall have and enjoy...liberties and franchises, wholly and without blemish." This, it is presumed, is sufficient to show, that these terms were intended to include Ecclesiastical,... | |
 | Ethan Allen - 1855 - 72 pages
...we have not; but in 1676, it was enacted as a perpetual law. And Bacon* tells us, it enacted "that holy Church within this province, shall have and enjoy...rights, liberties and franchises, wholly and without blemish.'9 This, it is presumed, is sufficient to show, that these terms were intended to include Ecclesiastical,... | |
 | Edward Duffield Neill - 1871 - 376 pages
...of their native land, and re-enacted the formula of the Statute Book of England, " That Holy Church shall have and enjoy all her rights, liberties, and franchises, wholly and without blemish." Owing to the hostile disposition of the natives, the Jesuits were prevented from attempting their conversion,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1876 - 584 pages
...of the colony, subjected to inspection. The act which established church liberties declares that " holy church, within this province, shall have and...liberties, and franchises, wholly and without blemish." This enactment of a clause in Magna Charta, cited in the preceding century by some of the separatists,... | |
 | Henry Edward Manning - 1877 - 396 pages
...Edward in. c. 1, ' That Holy Church have all her liberties.' The 1 Ric. II. c. 1, « That Holy Church shall have and enjoy all her rights, liberties, and franchises, wholly and without blemish.' The 2 Ric. II. c. 1, in the same words. The 3 Ric. II. c. 1, in the same words again. The 5 Eic. II.... | |
 | George Gresley Perry - 1879 - 724 pages
...Jesus Christ.'' The colonial assembly in 1639 declared, in nearly the words of Magna Charta, tliat " Holy Church within this Province shall have and enjoy...liberties, and franchises, wholly and without blemish.'' Whether by this term was meant the Church of England or not (probably not), it is certain that the... | |
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The act which established church liberties declares that " holy church, within this province, shall have and enjoy all her rights, liberties, and franchises, wholly and without blemish. 
