 | David Benedict - Baptists - 1813 - 592 pages
...close thus, ' If any man will now presume to wear long hair, let him know that God and man witness against him.' Our pious ancestors were for bobbing the hair, for the good of the Col'jny ; but now Sir, not the hair, but the purses must be bobbed for the gaoJ of the State. If these... | |
 | David Benedict - Baptists - 1813 - 588 pages
...close thus, ' If any man will now presume to wear long hair, let him know that God and man witness against him.' Our pious ancestors were for bobbing the hair, for the good of tic Colony ; but now Sir, not the hair, but the punes must be bobbed for the good of the State. If... | |
 | John Leland - 1845 - 760 pages
...close thus : " If any man will now presume to wear long hair, let him know that God and man witnesses against him." Our pious ancestors were for bobbing...but now, sir, not the hair, but the purses must be lobbed for the good of the state. The petitioners pray for the right of going to heaven in that way... | |
 | Thomas Armitage - Baptists - 1887 - 1042 pages
...close thus : " If any man will now presume to wear long hair, let him know that God and man witnesses against him." Our pious ancestors were for bobbing...bobbed for the good of the State. The petitioners praj for the right of going to heaven in that way which they believe is tue most direct, and shall... | |
 | Henry Sweetser Burrage - Baptists - 1894 - 378 pages
...the house was Rev. John Leland, whose speech has been preserved. " The petitioners pray," ho said, " for the right of going to heaven in that way which they believe is the most direct ; and shall this be denied them? Must they be obliged to pay legal toll for walking... | |
 | David Barnes Ford - Freedom of religion - 1896 - 288 pages
...closes thus : " If any man will now presume to wear long hair, let him know that God and man witnesses against him. ' ' * Our pious ancestors were for bobbing...going to heaven in that way which they believe is the most direct ; and shall this be denied them ? Must they be obliged to pay legal toll for walking... | |
 | New England - 1917 - 376 pages
...was the occasion when the famous John Leland addressed the House. " The petitioners pray," he said, " for the right of going to heaven in that way which they believe is most direct, and shall this be denied them?" In answering the objection that to grant complete religious liberty would be to affront... | |
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Our pious ancestors were for bobbing the hair for the good of the Colony.; but now, sir, not the hair but the purses must be bobbed for the good of the State. The petitioners pray for the right of going to heaven in that way which they believe is the... 