Religion in America: Or, An Account of the Origin, Relation to the State, and Present Condition of the Evangelical Churches in the United States. With Notices of the Unevangelical Denominations |
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... meetings for worship as they best could , very inferior and worthless men being generally put into their places . Still , the suppression of the Puritans was found a vain attempt . During Elizabeth's long reign their numbers steadily ...
... meetings for worship as they best could , very inferior and worthless men being generally put into their places . Still , the suppression of the Puritans was found a vain attempt . During Elizabeth's long reign their numbers steadily ...
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... meeting in safety . They met here or there , as they best could , on the Sabbath , and thus strove to keep alive the spirit of piety which united them . They had become " enlightened in the Word of God , " and were led to see , not only ...
... meeting in safety . They met here or there , as they best could , on the Sabbath , and thus strove to keep alive the spirit of piety which united them . They had become " enlightened in the Word of God , " and were led to see , not only ...
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... for the admission of new members . The corpora- tion could increase or change its members with its own consent , and not being obliged to hold its meetings in England , CHAP . III . ] CHARACTER OF THE COLONISTS OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY . 107.
... for the admission of new members . The corpora- tion could increase or change its members with its own consent , and not being obliged to hold its meetings in England , CHAP . III . ] CHARACTER OF THE COLONISTS OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY . 107.
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... meetings in England , it was possible for it to emigrate , and thus to identify itself with the colony which it was its main object to found . This was actually done . As the cor- poration was entirely composed of Puritans , it was not ...
... meetings in England , it was possible for it to emigrate , and thus to identify itself with the colony which it was its main object to found . This was actually done . As the cor- poration was entirely composed of Puritans , it was not ...
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... meetings of the freemen , or members of the company . One of the first steps , accordingly , was to convene a General Court at Boston , and admit above a hundred of the older colonists to the privileges of the corporation ; and from ...
... meetings of the freemen , or members of the company . One of the first steps , accordingly , was to convene a General Court at Boston , and admit above a hundred of the older colonists to the privileges of the corporation ; and from ...
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