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The surest way to the greatest honour
The surest way to the greatest honour: discoursed in a sermon, delivered in the audience of His Excellency the Earl of Bellomont, captain general and governor in chief, and the Council, and representatives of the General Assembly of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay, convened at Boston in New-England, May 31st. 1699. Being the day for the election of counsellors in that province. / By Increase Mather.The surest way to the greatest honour: discoursed in a sermon, delivered in the audience of His Excellency the Earl of Bellomont, captain general and governour in chief, and the Council, and representatives of the General Assembly of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay, convened at Boston in New-England, May 31st. 1699. Being the day for the election of counsellors in that province. / By Increase Mather.
Boston: printed by Bartholomew Green for Samuel Phillips, 1699
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Deserved Character which Persons of Worth and Eminency in London, who had the Happiness of an Acquaintance with Your Lordship, had given of You, made the People of New-England, who heard thereof, […] that Your Arrival to Your Government here, would prove a rich Blessing to us all. Your having in the Administration of Your Government over New-York, espoused the Interest of Religion, and of Our Great KING WILLIAM, and of the People, has confirmed them, in those Hopes, […] can those Interests Now be separated, Now, if ever, the old celebrated Maxim i• true, Qui pro veritate […] pro Rege est.
The Deserved Character which Persons of Worth and Eminency in London, who had the Happiness of an Acquaintance with Your Lordship, had given of You, made the People of New-England, who heard thereof, 〈…〉 that Your Arrival to Your Government here, would prove a rich Blessing to us all. Your having in the Administration of Your Government over New-York, espoused the Interest of Religion, and of Our Great KING WILLIAM, and of the People, has confirmed them, in those Hopes, 〈…〉 can those Interests Now be separated, Now, if ever, the old celebrated Maxim i• true, Qui pro veritate 〈…〉 pro Rege est.
It was the noted saying of a Great. Emperor, That the Chief Ruler is to Serve the Senate, by hearkening to their good Advice, and to Serve the People by promoting the Public Good, and to Serve single Persons by an Equal Distribution of Justice. That Your Excellency will approve Your Self such a Ruler, You have given us sufficient cause to believe. Your late Noble Speech to our General Assembly has won their Affections, and cannot but be pleasing to every English, and in a peculiar manner to every New-England Heart.
It was the noted saying of a Great. Em•eror, That the Chief Ruler is to Serve the Senate, by hearkening to their good Advice, and to Serve the People by promoting the Publick Good, and to Serve single Persons by an Equal Distribution of Justice. That Your Excellency will approve Your Self such a Ruler, You have given us sufficient cause to believe. Your late Noble Speech to our General Assembly has won their Affections, and cannot but be pleasing to every English, and in a peculiar manner to every New-England Heart.