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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition. 2 0 Browse Search
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e idolatrous custom of laying the hand on the Bible, in taking an oath, operated as a widely-disfranchising test. The Episcopal service had never yet been performed within Massachusetts Bay, except by the chaplain of the hated commission of 1665. Its day of liberty was come. Andros demanded one of the meeting-houses 1686. Dec. for the church. The wrongs of a century crowded Chap. XVII.} on the memories of the Puritans as they answered, We cannot with a good conscience consent. Goodman Needham declared he would not ring the 1687 Mar. 25. bell; but at the appointed hour the bell rung; and the love of liberty did not expire, even though, in a Boston meeting-house, the Common Prayer was read in a surplice. By-and-by, the people were desired to con- 1688. June 23. tribute towards erecting a church. The bishops, answered Sewall, and wisely, would have thought strange to have been asked to contribute towards setting up New England churches. At the instance and with the speci