 Hooker, defended the restriction of the suffrage on the ground that " the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser ; " Hooker replied that " in matters which concern the common good, a general council, chosen...  England in America, 1580-1652 - Página 209por Lyon Gardiner Tyler - 1904 - 355 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Robert Henry Murray - 1921 - 104 páginas
...the same kind of liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free." * Thomas Hooker replied that "in all matters which concern the common good, a general council, chosen by all, to transact the business which concerns all, I conceive under favour, most suitable to rule and most safe for the... | |
 | Robert Henry Murray - 1921 - 104 páginas
...general council, chosen by all, to transact the business which concerns all, I conceive under favour, most suitable to rule and most safe for the relief of the whole." The voice of Hooker, however, was the voice of one crying in the wilderness. No doubt some of the statements—eg,... | |
 | 1922 - 842 páginas
...of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser"; but Hooker replied: "In matters . . . that concern the common good, a general council chosen...to rule and most safe for the relief of the whole." Winthrop and Cotton taught that the magistrates' authority had divine sanction. Hooker preached a great... | |
 | William Backus Guitteau, Hanson Hart Webster - 1926 - 240 páginas
...foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people." He said also, " In matters which concern common good, a general council chosen by all to transact...to rule and most safe for the relief of the whole." Under his inspiration, representatives of three Connecticut towns — Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield... | |
 | Robert Henry Murray - 1926 - 458 páginas
...kind of liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free." Thomas Hooker replied to Winthrop that "in all matters which concern the common good, a general council, chosen by all, to transact the business which concerns all, I conceive under favour, most suitable to rule and most safe for the... | |
 | Robert Henry Murray - 1926 - 458 páginas
...general council, chosen by all, to transact the business which concerns all, I conceive under favour, most suitable to rule and most safe for the relief of the whole." The voice of Hooker, however, was the voice of one crying in the wilderness. No doubt some of the statements,... | |
 | Knowlton Mixer - 1927 - 376 páginas
...his reply affirmed a truth which is now of general acceptance but at that time smacked of radicalism. "In matters . . . which concern the common good a...to rule and most safe for the relief of the whole." In the Connecticut constitution of 1639 the representatives of the towns are recognized as the source... | |
 | William Wilson Cook - 1927 - 424 páginas
...lesser." On the other hand, the equally celebrated Thomas Hooker (later the founder of Hartford) replied, "In matters which concern the common good, a general council, chosen by all, to transact businesses which concern all, I conceive most suitable to rule and most safe for relief of the whole."... | |
 | American Library Association - 1927 - 796 páginas
...have been formulated even to this day. When Thomas Hooker stated, "In matters of greater consequence which concern the common good, a general council chosen by all to transact businesses which concern all, I conceive under favor most suitable to rule and most safe for the relief... | |
 | 1927 - 400 páginas
...my posterity under such a government. ... A general councel chosen by all, I conceive under favour most suitable to rule and most safe for the relief of the people." 2 Although those who favored representative government had won a certain measure of success,... | |
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