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nts 69 Issue of a Royal Commission; proposed armed resistance at Massachusetts Bay advised by the Congregational ministers; remarks on Mr. Bancroft's attacks and statements; official representations, and conduct of parties concerned 72 Massachusetts Bay rulers the aggressors throughout; review of the controversy 75 More despotism practised in Massachusetts Bay than was ever practised in Upper Canada 82 CHAPTER IV. THE GOVERNMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY UNDER THE LONG PARLIAMENT, THE COMMONWEALTH, AND CROMWELL. 85-129 Commissioners from the Massachusetts Bay rulers to the Long Parliament 85 Change of Government in England stops emigration to Massachusetts 85 First Address of the Massachusetts Commissioners to the Long Parliament 86 Ordinance of the Long Parliament in regard to Massachusetts trade, &c., in 1642, and remarks upon it 87 The Massachusetts Bay Court pass an Act in 1644, of persecution of the Baptists; another Act authorising discussion, &c., in favour of the Parliament, but pronouncing as a "high offence," to be proceeded against "capitally," anything done or said in behalf of the King 87 In 1646, the Long Parliament pass an ordinance appointing a Commission and Governor-General over Massachusetts and other Colonies, with powers more extensive than the Commission which had been appointed by Charles the First in 1634 88 The parliamentary authority declared in this ordinance, and acknowledged by the Puritans in 1646, the same as that maintained by the United Empire Loyalists of America one hundred and thirty years afterwards, in the American Revolution of 1776 (in a note) 88-92 The Presbyterians in 1646 seek liberty of worship at Massachusetts Bay, but are punished for their petition to the Massachusetts Bay Government, and are fined and their papers seized to prevent their appeal to the Puritan Parliament 93 How their appeal to England was defeated
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