God's promise to his plantations

It is hoped; there is none but will find […] to approve of the work and of them that engage themselves in it: But especially they who any way at least by silence (a seeming applause) approved the Plantations of Virginia, St. Christophers, Bermudas, this having ends inferior to none of them, and men (not to compare but to give due honour to all employed in such noble enterprises, promising as much by their usefulness industry love to their Country, piety, and other qualifications as those did.

It is hoped; there is none but will find 〈…〉 to approve of the work and of them that ingage themselves in it: But especially they who any way at least by silence (a seeming applause) approved the Plantations of Virginia, St. Christophers, Bermudas, this having ends inferiour to none of them, and men (not to compare but to give due honour to all employed in such noble enterprizes, promising as much by their usefullness industrie love to their Country, piety, and other qualifications as those did.

It is enough they adventure that hazard their persons, families and estates for that work which it may appear to thee ere long thou art bound as well as they to further.

Now it were injurious if not impious, not only to deny the right and benefit of thy prayers to such, but also to load them with causeless aspersions (though but in thy thoughts) for that, for which thou hast great cause to praise God for them, who hath stirred up their spirits to that which hath been a main mean of peopling the world, and is likely to be of propagating the Gospel. For the furtherance of which work in the hands of those that sincerely intend it let as fervent prayers pass from thee to the throne of grace for them as I am confident, (thy occasions being made known unto them, would be put up from them in thy behalf.