 | Maine Historical Society - Local history - 1896 - 508 pages
...confederation of all the New England colonies, in 1643, they declared that they came to this country " to advance the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, and...the liberties of the gospel in purity with peace." Forms of civil government were a secondary consideration with them. It is true that both the Pilgrims... | |
 | J. Gregory - Puritans - 1896 - 432 pages
...Accordingly, in 1643, Massachusetts, New Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven entered into a confederation " to advance the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, and...the liberties of the gospel in purity with peace." This was deemed necessary in view of their exposure to common dangers arising from the " people of... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - United States - 1897 - 682 pages
...the preamble recited, had brought England . T tt. confederacy. them into these parts of America, " to advance the kingdom, of our Lord Jesus Christ,...the liberties of the gospel in purity with peace." Their distance from each other was incompatible with a single government for all these plantations... | |
 | David Barnes Ford - Freedom of religion - 1896 - 288 pages
...arrested and kept in confinement till the fine and costs are paid in full." "remote corner of the earth to advance the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, and...the liberties of the Gospel in purity with peace." Again, in 1685, in their address to King James II., they say that their fathers came to this "vast... | |
 | Howard Walter Caldwell - United States - 1898 - 268 pages
...Plantation, p. 416. ARTIC.LES OP CONFEDERATION. WHEREAS we all came into these parts of America with the same end and aim, namely, to advance the kingdom...liberties of the gospel in purity with peace; and whereas by our settling, by the .wise providence of God, we are further dispersed upon the seacoast and rivers... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - United States - 1898 - 688 pages
...the preamble recited, had brought Engird . 7 T ii. confederacy. them into these parts of America, " to advance the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, and...the liberties of the gospel in purity with peace." Their distance from each other was incompatible with a single government for all these plantations... | |
 | William MacDonald - History - 1899 - 422 pages
...GOVERNMENT OF CONNECTECVT, AND THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW HAVEN, WITH THE PLANTATIONS IN COMBINATION THEREWITH. Whereas we all came into these parts of America, with one and the same end and ayme, namely, to advance the Kingdome of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to enjoy the liberties of the Gospel,... | |
 | Howard Walter Caldwell - United States - 1900 - 278 pages
...Plantation, p. 416. ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION. WHEREAS we all came into these parts of America with the same end and aim, namely, to advance the kingdom...liberties of the gospel in purity with peace ; and whereas by our settling, by the wise providence of God, we are further dispersed upon the seacoast and rivers... | |
 | John Metcalf Taylor - Connecticut - 1900 - 206 pages
...colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. — From The " Mayflower " Compact. Whereas, we all came into these parts of America with one and the same ayme, namely, to advance the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to enjoy the Gospel in purity and... | |
 | Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association - Deerfield (Mass.) - 1901 - 580 pages
...set forth in the preamble to the articles, viz: That "we came into these parts of America with one end and aim, namely, to advance the kingdom of our...purity with peace ; and whereas in our settling (by a wise providence of God) we are further dispersed upon the seacoasts and rivers than was at first... | |
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Whereas, we all came into these parts of America, with one and the same end and aim, namely, to advance the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to enjoy the liberties of the Gospel in purity with peace... 
