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The Weight of Testimony
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That God's word should be the only rule for
ordering the affairs of. government in this
commonwealth.
-- General Court of
Connecticut, 1639
Let .. the main endofevetystudent's life and
studies be, to know God andJesus Christ which
is eternal life, and therefore to lay Christ in the
bottom, as the only foundation of all sound
knowledge and learning.
-- Harvard College Prospectus, 1642
Whereas we all come 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.
-- Constitution of the New
England Confederation, 1643
In Adam's
fa{~
Heaven to find,
We sinned al1. The Bible Mind.
Job feels the rod. Peter denied
Yet 'blesses God, His Lord and
cried.
Zaccheushe
Did climb the tree
Our Lord to see.·
-- New England Primer, 1680
Ifyou are not governed by God, you will be
ruled by tyrant$.
-- William Penn, 1681
Government seems to me to be a part of
religion itself
--
a thing sacred in its institutions
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