Memoir of Roger Williams: The Founder of the State of Rhode-IslandLincoln, Edmands, 1834 - 437 pages |
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... , and whether it be not a provoking of the eyes of his jealousy who hath said , that he will not hold him ( what him or them soever ) guiltless , that taketh had taken the freeman's oath in 1631. Many others have ROGER WILLIAMS . 65.
... , and whether it be not a provoking of the eyes of his jealousy who hath said , that he will not hold him ( what him or them soever ) guiltless , that taketh had taken the freeman's oath in 1631. Many others have ROGER WILLIAMS . 65.
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... hath all errors in it , and all evils . ' Verplank's Discourses , pp . 23 , 24. Simi- lar language was used in this country . The Rev. Mr. Ward , in his Simple Cobler of Agawam , written in 1647 , utters his detestation of toleration ...
... hath all errors in it , and all evils . ' Verplank's Discourses , pp . 23 , 24. Simi- lar language was used in this country . The Rev. Mr. Ward , in his Simple Cobler of Agawam , written in 1647 , utters his detestation of toleration ...
Page 107
... hath continually done for us , both with our friends of Massachusetts , as also at Connecticut , and Apaum , or Plymouth , we do freely give unto him all that land from those rivers reaching to Paw- tuxet river ; as also the grass and ...
... hath continually done for us , both with our friends of Massachusetts , as also at Connecticut , and Apaum , or Plymouth , we do freely give unto him all that land from those rivers reaching to Paw- tuxet river ; as also the grass and ...
Page 110
... hath been told me , that I labored for a licentious and contentious people ; that I have foolishly parted with town and colony advantages , by which I might have preserved both town and colony in as good order as any in the country ...
... hath been told me , that I labored for a licentious and contentious people ; that I have foolishly parted with town and colony advantages , by which I might have preserved both town and colony in as good order as any in the country ...
Page 119
... hath not been spent ( though as much as any others whoso- ever ) altogether in spiritual labors and public exercises of the word ; but day and night , at home and abroad , on the land and water , at the hoe , at the oar , for bread ...
... hath not been spent ( though as much as any others whoso- ever ) altogether in spiritual labors and public exercises of the word ; but day and night , at home and abroad , on the land and water , at the hoe , at the oar , for bread ...
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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 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 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 427 - ... jurisdictions, prerogatives, royalties and appurtenances whatsoever, to them, the said Governor and Company, and their successors for ever, to be holden of us, our heirs and successors, as of our manor of East Greenwich, in our county of Kent, in free and common soccage...
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 - ... colony; but that all and every person and persons may, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, freely and fully have and enjoy his and their own judgments and consciences, in matters of religious concernments...
Page 38 - ... 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 141 - 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 116 - 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.