...Hartford — which was wider than in Boston—he laid down, in one of his discourses, this principle, " that the choice of public magistrates belongs unto the people by God's allowance; that they who have the power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in their powor also...

...organization of the government of the Connecticut Colony, deducing these three very republican doctrines : 1. The choice of public magistrates belongs unto the people by God's own allowance. 2. The privilege of election which belongs to the people must not be exercised according to their humors,...

...organization of the government of the Connecticut Colony, deducing these three very republican doctrines : 1. The choice of public magistrates belongs unto the people by God's own allowance. 2. The privilege of election which belongs to the people must not be exercised according to their humors,...

...organization of the government of the Connecticut Colony, deducing these three very republican doctrines : 1. The choice of public magistrates belongs unto the people by God's own allowance. 2. The privilege of election which belongs to the people must not be exercised according to their humors,...

...May 31, 1638, Mr. Hooker preached a sermon before the General Court, and he held: — "Doctrine. I. That the choice of public magistrates belongs unto the people by God's own allowance. 1 Hubbard's General History, p. 265. a Winthrop, ii. 428. 8 Conn. Hist. Soc. Coll., i. II, 12. * Johnston's...

...smaller towns of the Bay Colony, Hooker was the leader in the first general exodus to Connecticut. " The foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people," was the doctrine he laid down in a sermon preached in anticipation of Connecticut's original Constitutional...

...Let us call ourselves THE CONGREGATIONAL FELLOWSHIP and dare to be all that a Fellowship should be. THE FOUNDATION OF AUTHORITY is LAID IN THE FREE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE BY REV. DAN F. BRADLEY Dignified, nervous, vigorous in speech and action — with a tremendous personal...

...make rulers over you. Captains over thousands. Captains over hundreds, fifties, tens' "I. Doctrine. That the choice of public magistrates belongs unto the people by God's own allowance. " II. The privilege of election, which belongs to the people, therefore must not be exercised according...

...over tens, and officers among the tribes"— and then propounded these points of " doctrine :" " I. That the choice of public magistrates belongs unto the people, by God's own allowance. "II. The privilege of election, which belongs to the people, therefore must not be exercised according...

...preached a sermon on the foundations of civil government, in which he laid down these positions : — " I. That the choice of public magistrates belongs unto the people by God's own allowance. " II. The privilege of election, which belongs to the people, therefore, must not be exercised according...