...oftener as the General Court may order." " Towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies-politic shall make suitable provision, at their own expense, for...where such provision shall not be made voluntarily." " All moneys paid by the subject to the support of public worship, shall, if he require it, be uniformly...

...Bill of Rights, forming part of the Constitution, empowered the Legislature to make suitable provision "for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality." Against the whole principle of a public support of religion the Baptists had long been vehemently protesting....

...other bodies politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the public worship of God, and for the support and...Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality. Provided, however, that the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious...

...religion"; and Massachusetts and New Hampshire empowered their legislatures to raise public moneys "for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality". Punishments were prescribed for a failure to attend upon public worship and sometimes for entertaining...

...According to the constitution, each town in the state was authorized "to make suitable provision," at its own expense, "for the institution of the public worship...public Protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality."10 All public officials were required to take an oath that they "believe in the Christian...

...According to the constitution, each town in the state was authorized "to make suitable provision," at its own expense, "for the institution of the public worship...public Protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality."10 AH public officials were required to take an oath that they "believe in the Christian...

..."to make suitable provision," at its own expense, "for the institution of the public worship of Cod, and for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality."10 All public officials were required to take an oath that they "believe in the Christian...

...legislature, instead of being given power to act directly to raise money for God's worship, was given power to require "the several towns, parishes, precincts, and...of the public worship of GOD, and for the support of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality in all cases where such provision should...

...Massachusetts constitution authorized "towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic" to levy taxes "for the institution of the public worship of God,...Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality." Reminiscent of an earlier century, it even authorized legislation demanding compulsory church attendance,...

...bodies-corporate, or religious societies within this state, to make adequate provision at their own expence, for the support and maintenance of public protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality. . . . And every denomination of christians demeaning themselves quiedy, and as good subjects of the...