THE PURITANS INTOLERANT.
Capital Laws of Connecticut, Established by the General Court, December 1, 1642.
1. If any man after legal conviction shall have or worship any other God but the Lord God, he shall be put to death. ([Deut. 13 : 6]; [17 : 2, 3], and [Ex. 22 : 20].)
2. If any man or woman be a witch (that is, hath or consulteth with a familiar spirit) they shall be put to death. ([Ex. 20 : 18]; [Lev. 20 : 27]; [Deut. 18 : 10, 11].)
3. If any person shall blaspheme the name of God, the Father, Son or Holy Ghost, with direct, express, presumptuous, or high-handed blasphemy, or shall curse God in the like manner, he shall be put to death. ([Lev. 24 : 15, 16].)
4. If any person shall commit any wilful murder, which is manslaughter committed upon malice, hatred, or cruelty, not in a man’s necessary and just defense nor by mere casualty against his will, he shall be put to death. ([Ex. 21 : 12, 13, 14]; [Numb. 35 : 30, 31].)
5. If any person shall slay another through guile, either by poisoning, or other such devilish practice, he shall be put to death. ([Ex. 21 : 14].)
6. If any man or woman shall lie with a beast or brute creature, by carnal copulation, they shall surely be put to death, and the beast shall be slain and buried. ([Lev. 20 : 15, 16].)
7. If any man lie with mankind as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed abomination, they both shall surely be put to death. ([Lev. 20 : 13].)