. The Pennsylvania-German in the settlement of Maryland . 2>^r newe 9?or&^3lmrrfcatti((^ct a i t mi 2 a n i mm 1797 * iKfro cnD <2S«Ja (^kbtngc^^wS Slofsong,e/iI^rK*^ onb Uottrgong; txr QJenu* 5laf^ unD Untcrgang, eourtov 8«u^ <^ti^^/^flfci imi ootKrc |u cukw ^alen&a flc1)6risc ©ucl^ ja fm&au 3«ra er^cnmal ^eiaa^gt ge&cs. TITLE PAGE OF THE FIRST NUMBER OF GRUBERs HAGERSTOVVN CHAPTER IX. The Religious Life. MITH the exception ofVirginia, the Englishcolonies planted in Americaduring the seventeenth cen-tury were founded for thepurpose of escaping religiouspersecution. The ruli
. The Pennsylvania-German in the settlement of Maryland . 2>^r newe 9?or&^3lmrrfcatti((^ct a i t mi 2 a n i mm 1797 * iKfro cnD <2S«Ja (^kbtngc^^wS Slofsong,e/iI^rK*^ onb Uottrgong; txr QJenu* 5laf^ unD Untcrgang, eourtov 8«u^ <^ti^^/^flfci imi ootKrc |u cukw ^alen&a flc1)6risc ©ucl^ ja fm&au 3«ra er^cnmal ^eiaa^gt ge&cs. TITLE PAGE OF THE FIRST NUMBER OF GRUBERs HAGERSTOVVN CHAPTER IX. The Religious Life. MITH the exception ofVirginia, the Englishcolonies planted in Americaduring the seventeenth cen-tury were founded for thepurpose of escaping religiouspersecution. The ruling pow-ers having determined thatthe established church shouldbe paramount, allowed nomiddle ground, and laws ofthe greatest severity wereput into force against theRoman Catholics, Puritans, Dissenters, etc. The colonyof Maryland was founded by Roman Catholics and untilthe beginning of the eighteenth century the members ofthat denomination were in the majority, yet a spirit ofreligious toleration prevailed such as was scarcely to befound in any other colony.^^ This is the more remark- 61 The excellent character which Cecilius, Lord Baltimore, is said tohave always borne, would prompt us to impute this proceeding to the 89
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