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Contents
Introduction ix
section i
CHURCH AND STATE IN COLONIAL AMERICA 1
Virginia Articles, Laws, and Orders (1610–1611) 3
Mayflower Compact (November 11, 1620) 6
Plymouth Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity (1625) 7
John Winthrop’s Sermon “A Model of Christian Charity” (1630) 9
Letter from John Cotton to Lord Say and Seal (1636) 14
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (January 14, 1639) 16
The Massachusetts Body of Liberties (December 1641) 18
Roger Williams Explains “The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution, for Cause of Conscience” (1644) 22
John Winthrop’s Little Speech on Liberty (1645) 26
A Platform of Church Discipline by John Cotton, Richard Mather, and Ralph Partridge (1649) 28
Samuel Danforth’s Brief Recognition of New England’s Errand into the Wilderness (1670) 30
Increase Mather’s “The Day of Trouble Is Near” (December 11, 1673) 36
Charter of Liberties and Frame of Government of the Province of Pennsylvania (May 5, 1682) 43
Pennsylvania Act for Freedom of Conscience (December 7, 1682) 46
George Whitefield on Britain’s Mercies and Britain’s Duties (August 24, 1746) 48
Abraham Keteltas on “God Arising and Pleading His People’s Cause” (1777) 52
Jacob Cushing’s “Divine Judgments Upon Tyrants” (April 20, 1778) 57
section ii
CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS 65
Worcestriensis (1776) 67
“To the Honorable the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia: A Memorial
and Remonstrance” (1785) 71
Elihu, American Mercury (February 18, 1788) 76
