 | Charles Borgeaud - 1895 - 392 pàgines
...bounds and limitations of the power .and place unto which they call them. And this, first, because the foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people." l The constitution which sought to apply this formula, and whose 250th anniversary was celebrated at... | |
 | William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Francis Trevelyan Miller - 1905 - 1454 pàgines
...power also to set the bounds and limitations of the power and place unto which they call them, because the foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people. This is surely a clear statement of principles which we all now believe to be essential; and the full... | |
 | J. Gregory - 1896 - 432 pàgines
...of a sermon preached by him, after Connecticut had commenced its separate and independent existence, he maintained that " the foundation of authority is...the free consent of the people ; that the choice of the public magistrates belongs to the people of God's own allowance ; and that they who have the power... | |
 | Cleveland Centennial Commission - 1896 - 528 pàgines
...long after, in 1638, in a sermon delivered on a special occasion, set forth these doctrines : " 1. That the choice of public magistrates belongs unto the people, by God's own allowance. " 2. The privilege of election, which belongs to the people, therefore must not be exercised according... | |
 | Frank Samuel Child - 1896 - 240 pàgines
...proved infinitely important to this land and the progress of the world. It was Hooker that said, " The foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people," and that "the choice of magistrates belongs unto the people by God's own allowance" and that "they... | |
 | Ezra Hoyt Byington - 1896 - 466 pàgines
...first session of the General Court of the new colony, Mr. Hooker preached a sermon in which he said, " The foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people ; " " the choice of public magistrates belongs unto the people, by God's own ordinance;" ..." they... | |
 | Ezra Hoyt Byington - 1897 - 480 pàgines
...first session of the General Court of the new colony, Mr. Hooker preached a sermon in which he said, " The foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people ; " " the choice of public magistrates belongs unto the people, by God's own ordinance;" ..." they... | |
 | Katharine Lee Bates - 1897 - 438 pàgines
...Their words, indeed, were well worthy of respect. It was the Rev. Mr. Hooker of Hartford who said : " The foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people." Under this clerical control, the cause of civil freedom was advanced ; not so the cause of religious... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1899 - 478 pàgines
...Captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds — over fifties — over tens, &c. 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... | |
 | 1901 - 1012 pàgines
...liberal temper showed itself very plainly in the principles by which they resolved to be governed. " he had said, preaching to them from Deuteronomy, i. 13; and it is best that it should be so, for "... | |
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They who have power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in their power, also, to set the bounds and limitations of the... 
