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I have passed through' Five Articles of the Things that must be seen for and by our People, that they may not Perish; And now for a Sixth, Although' our Lawful and Rightful King GEORGE has not a more Loyal People in all His Dominions, than His New-English Colonies, Yet I see cause, and therefore I take leave, to make it an Article among the Admonitions of GOD; We have no Vision of our True Interest, nor indeed can we do any other than Perish, if the Dependence of this Province on the British Crown, be not wisely Considered and Acknowledged on all Occasions. As it was with a Permission, yea, with a great Encouragement from the Crown of England, that this Colony first issued forth from the English Nation, so the Protection which we find from the British Crown, and the Relation which we bear to the English Nation, is that wherein we have Advantages that we should be wisely Thankful for. And tho' we have not now all the Privileges, which we had, when the Colony was by the Royal Charter made a Corporation, Yet now we are made a Province, we have those Liberties, for which, I may use the Terms of the Jewish Rabbi; If the Heavens were Parchment, and the Seas were Ink, they would not suffice to Write the ⟨p. 23⟩Praises due to our GOD. 'Tis not from the least Apprehension of the least Inclination in our People, to shake off their Dependence, that I mention such a Matter, for I believe there is not a Man of our People so Madly & Vilely disposed. But what I mean, is, To have the sense of our Dependence Operate, in our obliging Behaviour towards those, through' whom the Rays of the Royal Favour are transmitted unto us. A due sense of our Dependence on the British Crown under our inestimable Enjoyments, will certainly prevent those Weak and Rash Things, which might provoke our King, and those under Him who have Power over us, to deal with us, as a People unworthy of our Distinguishing Liberties. It has been hitherto the singular Honour and Happiness of this Country that there have not gone home from hence, near so many Remonstrances of a Disturbed Government, as there have been made from the other Plantations. But now, for the Continuance of this Felicity! —

I have passed thro' Five Articles of the Things that must be seen for and by our People, that they may not Perish; And now for a Sixth, Altho' our Lawful and Rightful King GEORGE has not a more Loyal People in all His Dominions, than His New-English Colonies, Yet I see cause, and therefore I take leave, to make it an Article among the Admonitions of GOD; We have no Vision of our True Interest, nor indeed can we do any other than Perish, if the Dependence of this Province on the British Crown, be not wisely Considered and Acknowledged on all Occasions. As it was with a Permission, yea, with a great Encouragement from the Crown of England, that this Colony first issued forth from the Englsh Nation, so the Protection which we find from the British Crown, and the Relation which we bear to the English Nation, is that wherein we have Advantages that we should be wisely Thankful for. And tho' we have not now all the Privileges, which we had, when the Colony was by the Royal Charter made a Corporation, Yet now we are made a Province, we have those Liberties, for which, I may use the Terms of the Jewish Rabbi; If the Heavens were Parchment, and the Seas were Ink, they would not suffice to Write the