A50219:13
New-England vindicated from the unjust aspersions cast on the former government there
New-England vindicated from the unjust aspersions cast on the former government there, by some late considerations, pretending to show, that the charters in those Colonies were taken from them on account of their destroying the manufactures and navigation of England.New-England vindicated from the unjust aspersions cast on the former government there, by some late considerations, pretending to shew, that the charters in those Colonies were taken from them on account of their destroying the manufactures and navigation of England.
London : s.n., 1689
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Nor know we that they have (as is asserted) Encroached upon their Neighbouring Colonies in a hostile manner, except it be meant of their Assisting with Volunteers when King Charles the Second sent to take Monhatas, now called New-York; or of their Concurrence in taking from the French, S. Johns, Penobscot, Port Royal, which were put into the hands of those that were then in Power in England.
Nor know we that they have (as is asserted) Encroached upon their Neighbouring Colonies in a hostile manner, except it be meant of their Assisting with Voluntiers when King Charles the Second sent to take Monhatas, now called New-York; or of their Concurrence in taking from the French, S. Johns, Penobscot, Port Royal, which were put into the hands of those that were then in Power in England.
Nor have they (as is alleged) Affronted the Commissioners of King Charles the Second; whose Commission (as to the legal part of it, not by them duly observed) was in some particulars Illegal and Arbitrary, and Empowered them to Hear and determine all Causes (not by Law, but) according to their sound Discretion; which could not be submitted to by the Massachusetts, without giving up at once their Charter and Privileges.
Nor have they (as is alledged) Affronted the Commissioners of King Charles the Second; whose Commission (as to the legal part of it, not by them duly observed) was in some particulars Illegal and Arbitrary, and Empowred them to Hear and determine all Causes (not by Law, but) according to their sound Discretion; which could not be submitted to by the Massachusets, without giving up at once their Charter and Priviledges.
Neither have they made Laws against all Opinions in Religion, excepting those of the Congregational Churches, and more especially against the Church of England. It must be acknowledged, that there have been some severe and unjustifiable Laws there, in