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Parentator. Memoirs of remarkables in the life and the death of the ever-memorable Dr.…
Parentator. Memoirs of remarkables in the life and the death of the ever-memorable Dr. Increase Mather. Who expired, August 23. 1723. : [One line from II Kings]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Nathaniel Belknap, 1724
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REMARKABLES OF Dr. Increase Mather. › Article 26: ARTICLE XXVI. The History of the NEW CHARTER.
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§. 8. The next Day, the King began his Voyage to Holland: but an Order of Council was drawn up, [Who can tell, How, or Why?] for a Charter to be Prepared, with something in it, very Disagreeable to Mr. Mather; who immediately waited upon Four or Five Lords of His Majesties most Honourable Privy-Council with his Remonstrances; Every one of which Declared, that in their Opinion, it was not worded according to His Majesties Intentions. He also caused a Copy of the Order to be transmitted unto One of his Majesties Principal Secretaries of State then with Him in Flanders; Praying, That if that Order were not according to the Kings Mind, His Majesty would Graciously Please to Signify His Disapprobation thereof: But no such Signification ever came. In the mean time, the Attorney General, Prepared a Draught of a Charter according to what he took to be the Kings Mind, as Expressed when His Majesty ⟨p. 134⟩was last in Council. In this Draught, the Freemen (and not all Free-holders) had Power to choose the Deputy-Governor, and the other General Officers; And the Kings Governor had not a Negative Voice in any case allowed unto him. The Draught being presented at the Council-Board, it was by some Objected, That by such a Charter as this, the Kings Governor would be made a Governor of Clouts: And Order was given for other Minutes to be Inserted, which Deprived the Massachuset-Colony of some very Considerable Privileges in their former Charter. The Secretary gave Mr. Mather a Copy of them, with an Order from their Lordships, That if the Agents for the Massachuset-Colony were not Satisfied, they should bring in their Objections to Mr. Attorney General. Mr. Mather on this occasion Expressed his Dissatisfaction, to the Attorney-General, with a Pathos, that upon Reflection he thought might be too Extraordinary: Earnestly Protesting, That he would sooner part with his Life than Consent unto such Minutes, or unto any thing that might Infringe any Liberty or Privilege that justly belonged unto his Country. The like Declaration he made unto several of the Chief Ministers; who all replied, That no body Expected or Desired his Consent: for they did not look on the Agents from New-England, as Plenipotentiaries from another Sovereign State;
§. 8. The next Day, the King began his Voyage to Holland: but an Order of Council was drawn up, [Who can tell, How, or Why?] for a Charter to be Prepared, with something in it, very Disagreable to Mr. Mather; who immediately waited upon Four or Five Lords of His Majesties most Honourable Privy-Council with his Remonstrances; Every one of which Declared, that in their Opinion, it was not worded according to His Majesties Intentions. He also caused a Copy of the Order to be transmitted unto One of his Majesties Principal Secretaries of State then with Him in Flanders; Praying, That if that Order were not according to the Kings Mind, His Majesty would Graciously Please to Signify His Disapprobation thereof: But no such Signification ever came. In the mean time, the Attorney General, Prepared a Draught of a Charter according to what he took to be the Kings Mind, as Expressed when His Majesty