 | Allen Johnson - 1918 - 306 pàgines
...corner-stones of American democracy. In May, 1638, Hooker declared in a sermon before the General Court "that the choice of public magistrates belongs unto...people by God's own allowance," and "that they who have the power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in their power, also, to set the bounds and limitations... | |
 | 1918 - 350 pàgines
...corner-stones of American democracy. In May, 1638, Hooker declared in a sermon before the General Court "that the choice of public magistrates belongs unto...people by God's own allowance," and "that they who have the power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in their power, also, to set the bounds and limitations... | |
 | Bliss Perry - 1918 - 342 pàgines
...corner-stones of American democracy. In May, 1638, Hooker declared in a sermon before the General Court "that the choice of public magistrates belongs unto...people by God's own allowance," and "that they who have the power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in their power, also, to set the bounds and limitations... | |
 | 1916 - 758 pàgines
...you wise men, and understanding, and I will make them rulers over you" (Deuteronomy 1, 13), claimed that "the foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people." At this time Rev. Mr. Hooker had joined the settlers in the Connecticut valley, who were without a... | |
 | John Clover Monsma - 1919 - 210 pàgines
...which concerns all, I conceive most suitable to rule, and safe for the relief of the whole." . . . "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... | |
 | J.T. McNeill - 1967 - 486 pàgines
...whole. Addressing the General Court of Connecticut at its formation (1635) Hooker expounded his view that 'the foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people.' Roger Williams, after conferring with Cotton and Hooker in England, preceded them to America (1631).... | |
 | Perry Miller - 2009 - 260 pàgines
...Connecticut regime. The essence of Hooker's sermon is its three "doctrines" or principal contentions: I. 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... | |
 | 1919 - 354 pàgines
...representatives of these towns he laid down the fundamental principles of democracy in these words : "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 allowance" ; and "they who have... | |
 | 1924 - 978 pàgines
...principle of election. The sentiments of Thomas Hooker, embodied in the Constitution of Connecticut, ' the foundation of authority is laid in 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... | |
 | Francis J. Bremer - 1995 - 288 pàgines
...Congregational religious theory more directly to the political process than was usual, he contended that "the foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people." He pointed out that if the magistrates were chosen by the people the subjects would be more likely... | |
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