Collections of the Rhode Island Historical Society: (1827) Charter, constitution and officers of the society, Volumes 1 à 4

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The Society, 1827
 

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Page 13 - It hath fallen out, sometimes, that both Papists and Protestants, Jews and Turks, may be embarked in one ship ; upon which supposal I affirm that all the liberty of conscience that ever I pleaded for turns upon these two hinges ; that none of the Papists, Protestants, Jews, or Turks, be forced to come to the ship's prayers or worship, nor compelled from their own particular prayers or worship, if they practice any.
Page 13 - There goes many a ship to sea, with many hundred souls in one ship, whose weal and woe is common, and is a true picture of a commonwealth, or a human combination or society. It hath fallen out sometimes, that both papists and protestants, Jews and Turks, may be embarked in one ship; upon which supposal I affirm, that all the liberty of conscience, that ever I pleaded for, turns upon these two hinges— that none of the papists, protestants...
Page 162 - 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 7 - ... the secretary shall keep a record of all the proceedings of the society, shall be...
Page 15 - The Bloody Tenent Yet More Bloody, by Mr. Cotton's Endeavor to Wash it White in the Blood of the Lamb...
Page 128 - Meteauhock, when all the shell is broken off: and of this sort six of their small Beads (which they make with holes to string the bracelets) are currant with the English for a Peny...
Page 141 - Secondly. They hunt by Traps of severall sorts, to which purpose after they have observed, in spring time and Summer, the haunt of the Deere, then about Harvest, they goe ten or twentie together, and sometimes more, and withall (if it be not too farre) wives and children also, where they build up little hunting houses of Barks and Rushes...
Page 93 - Vine apple. — Which the English from them call Squashes about the bignesse of Apples of severall colours, a sweet, light, wholesome refreshing.
Page 13 - ... or defence, if- any refuse to obey the common laws and orders of the ship, concerning their common peace or preservation ; if any shall mutiny, and rise up against their commanders and officers ; if any should preach or write, that there ought to be no commanders...
Page 131 - ... pounds and more) they weare about their middle and as a scarfe about their shoulders and breasts. Yea, the Princes make rich Caps and Aprons (or small breeches) of these Beads thus curiously strung into many formes and figures: their blacke and white finely mixt together.

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