“The king is as much bound by his oath, not to infringe the legal rights of the people, as the people are bound to yield subjection to him.”

— Jonathan Mayhew

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About Jonathan Mayhew

Minister • American

Jonathan Mayhew was a prominent American Congregational minister and a key intellectual forerunner of the American Revolution. Ordained in 1747, he served as pastor of the West Church in Boston, where his sermons often...

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