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but grow up as a received infant under its missing father. These churched shall be comforted in a door of hope, opened by so signal a pledge of the lengthening of their tranquility. These poor naked gentiles, not a few of whom thro' grace, are come & coming in, shall still see their wounded? teachers with encouragement & of a more plentiful increase of the Kingdom of Christ among them, & the blessing of your poor affliction (& yet we hope trusting in god) shall come upon the head & heart of that great King who was sometimes in exile as we are. with a religious stipulation of our prayers we (prostrate at your royal feet) beg pardon for this our boldness, craving finally that our names be enrolled among your Majesty's most humble subjects & supplicants.

         John Endicot Governor

In the name & with the consent of the "gen'l"? cov't in this passage we see what sense the "gen'l"? cov't had in those times of this working among the Christ had a 5th consideration taken from an act of Parliament to encourage this work which is confirmed by our gracious king since his happy restoration wherein her both by royal charter