Winslow Memorial: Family Records of the Winslows and Their Descendants in America, with the English Ancestry as Far as Known. Kenelm Winslow ...

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Page 5 - King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honour of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Page 5 - God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 607 - And melt mine eyes to tears. 5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay The debt of love I owe : Here, Lord, I give myself away, — 'Tis all that I can do.
Page 5 - In the name of God, amen ; we, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign King James, having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 5 - Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the llth of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini 1620.
Page 5 - ... from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which, we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names, at Cape Cod, the llth of November, in the year of the reign of our sovereign Lord King James, of England, France, and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth, Anno Domini, 1620.
Page 8 - Death will invade us by the means appointed, And we must all bow to the king of terrors; Nor am I anxious, if I am prepared, What shape he comes in. Infinite Goodness teaches us submission, Bids us be quiet under all his dealings ; Never repining, but forever praising God, our Creator...
Page 9 - Then, with your sails fill'd by a storm of vengeance, Bear down to battle ! From the dire caverns made by ghostly miners, Let the explosion, dreadful as volcanoes, Heave the broad town, with all its wealth and people, Quick to destruction ! Still shall the banner of the King of Heaven Never advance where...
Page 9 - Clouds which, around him, hinder our perception, Bind us the stronger to exalt his name, and Shout louder praises. Then to the wisdom of my Lord and Master I will commit all that I have or wish for, Sweetly as babes...
Page 70 - Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch Around him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.

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