94. Capital Laws.
.....1. If any man after legall conviction shall have or worship any other god, but the lord god, he shall be put to death.
.....2. If any man or woman be a witch, (that is hath consulteth with a familiar spirit,) They shall be put to death.
.....3. If any person shall Blaspheme the name of god, the father, Sonne or Holie ghost, with direct, expresse, presumptuous or high handed blasphemie, or shall curse God in the like manner, he shall be put to death.
..........— Massachusetts Colony. Body of Liberties (1641), Page 274.
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