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...good. "We, therefore, the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the goodness of the great Legislator of the Universe, in affording us, in the course of His providence, all opportunity, deliberately and peaceably, without fraud, violence or surprise, of entering into...

...led captive thereby." — The Way of the Churches of New England. ' Elliot, II, 19. » Ibid., 129. the course of His providence an opportunity, deliberately and peaceably, without fraud or surprise, of entering into an explicit and solemn compact with each other, by assenting to and ratifying...

...be led captive thereby." — The Way of the Churches of New England. * Elliot, II, 19. 'Ibid., 119. the course of His providence an opportunity, deliberately and peaceably, without fraud or surprise, of entering into an explicit and solemn compact with each other, by assenting to and ratifying...

...led captive thereby." — The Way of the Churches of New England. ' Elliot, II, 19. » Ibid., 129. the course of His providence an opportunity, deliberately and peaceably, without fraud or surprise, of entering into an explicit and solemn compact with each other, by assenting to and ratifying...

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