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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	act_n	majesty_n	parliament_n	973	5	7.0240	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B09518	To His Excellency, Richard, Earl of Bellomont, Baron of Coloony, in the Kingdom of Ireland, Governour and Commander in Chief of the Provinces of the Massachusetts-Bay, New-York and New-Hampshire. The address of the ministers met at Boston in New England, May 31st. 1699.	Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.; Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.	1699 (1699)	Wing M1161A; ESTC R180444	1,612	2

To His EXCELLENCY RICHARD Earl of BELLOMONT Baron of Coloony in the Kingdom of Ireland GOVERNOUR and Commander in Chief of the Provinces of the Massachusetts-Bay New-York and New-Hampshire The Address of the Ministers met at Boston in New England May 31st 1699. May it please Your Excellency LONG ●●●ore this Province ●ould ●e irradiate●●●●h 〈◊〉 Excellency's Happy Arrival 〈◊〉 Us there Dawn'd upon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all O●●●e●s Joyful Certificati●● of You● Excellen● 〈◊〉 And indeed while we Congratulate Your Excellency's Arrival unto this part of Your Government We do but Congratulate our own Felicity in having the Helm of the Government by His Majesties Commission put into the Hands of One who is Adorned with so Charming an Image of His Own Royal Vertues His Majesty hath for ever obliged the English Nation by His Royal Assent to those Acts of Parliament which have Enriched it with Blessings richly worth all the Expences of the Late Happy Revolu●ion But Your Lordships Most Generous and Prosperous Conduct in labouring to bring about those Acts hath laid England under the same Obligation to Your Lordship that Ireland hath to Your Illustrious Ancestors From doing of Benefits to the best Island and Garden of the other Haemisphere Your Excellency is now come to be a Benefactor unto the Continent of America and Countries that have subdued an American Wilderness to be a significant part of the English Empire His Majesty in His Royal Wisdom di●cerned That the r●re Temper which qualifies Your Excellency for the most Honourable Undertakings would best of all express His own Gracious Intentions to this part of His Dominions And the Prudence and Goodness with which Your Excellency hath managed the Affairs of New-York is an actual Demonstration of His Majesties Wisdom in the Choice of an Healer for them The Condition of Scotland hath been so consider'd by His Majesty That He hath not only consented unto their Laws which have Established their Church-Government as 't is now Reformed but more than once or twice assured them of His Resolution to maintain that Church Government among them This Greatest of Monarchs that ever Sat on the Throne of Great Britain and best of Kings at this Day Swaying a Scepter upon Earth hath now given Your Excellency the Command over New-England and a People that are a Nation of Non-Conformists which those in Scotland justly look upon as their United Brethren Your Excellency expressing so much good-will as You have done to the Late Act of Parliament which hath made the Non-conformists in England Legal Parts of the Church in England well knew what Hearty Friends the vast Body of Non-Conformists are to the English Liberties and what Loyal Subjects to the High and Mighty Prince unto whom under God We are all Indebted for the Recovery of those Liberties and how much an Union between all Good Men whether Conformists or Nonconformists will contribute unto the Strength of the Protestant Interest And we believe That Your Excellency will on all occasions express the good-will of a Common Father unto the Churches of Non-conformists if where they bear the proportion of more than One Hundred unto One it be proper to call them So in New England Churches wherein the pure Doctrine in the famous Articles of the Church of England is Owned and Preached with all possible Purity and the Primitive Discipline which even the Liturgy of the Church of England wisheth to see Restored is practised But we cannot single out any one point wherein w 〈…〉 ●ble Importunity more Sollicit Your Excellency's Favo 〈…〉 our University It 's Languishing for want of 〈…〉 us to pray Your Excellency That You would ca●●●uch a Benign ●●●ect upon it as that by Your Interest and Influence in concurrence with our General Assembly there may be obtained from His Majesty a Settlement of that our University upon such Foundations as may best answer the Ends for which both It and the Colonies hitherto kept alive by It ha●●●hus Enlarged the English Empire Now 〈…〉 shall in our several places Endeavour That our People may be Inspire● 〈◊〉 Evangelica Principles of Subjection to Government Obedience to M 〈…〉 ates and Readiness to every Good Work So we shall make it our 〈…〉 That our Glorious Lord JESUS CHRIST would Preserve the 〈…〉 MAJESTY and bestow His manifold Benediction on Your Excellen●●●●d on Your Excellencys Noble and Hopeful Family Increase Mather In the Name and at the Desire of the Ministers in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay who Met at Boston May 31. 1699. BOSTON Printed by Bartholomew Green and John Allen Printers to His Excellency the GOVERNOUR and COUNCIL 1699.