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CAPITAL LAWS in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

1.Idolatry. If any man after Legal Conviction shall have or worship any other God but the LORD GOD, he shall be put to death, Exod. 22:20. Deut 13:6, 10. Deut 17: 2,6.

2. Witch-craft. If any Man or Woman be a WITCH, that is, Hath or Consulteth with a familiar Spirit they shall be put to death, Exod. 22.18. Levit. 20.27. Deut 18.10,11.

3. Blasphemy. If any person within this jurisdiction, whether Christian or Pagan, shall wittingly or willingly presume to BLASPHEME the holy name of God, FATHER, SON, or HOLY GHOST, with direct expresse, presumptuous, or high-handed Blasphemy, either by willful or obstinate denying the truth God, or his Creation, or Government of the World, or shall curse God in like manner, or reproach the holy Religion of God, as if it were but a politick devise; to keep ignorant men in awe; or shall utter any other kind of Blasphemy of the like nature and egree, they shall be put to death, Levit. 24.15, 16

 

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