...and religious government of the colony, in the hope that the example of its inhabitants might win the natives of the country to the knowledge and obedience of the only true God, which, " in our royal intention and the adventurer s free profession, is the principal end of-this...

...authorized to dispose of matters and things, whereby the subject*, inhabitants of the said Province, may bo religiously, peaceably and civilly governed, protected...so as their good life and orderly conversation, may bring the Indian natives of the country to the knowledge and obedience of the only true God and Savior...

...Massachusetts Charter, it was expressly made the duty of the settlers "to win and incite the natives of that country, to the knowledge and obedience of the only true God and Saviour of mankind." An association was formed in England, confirmed in the year 1647, under the name of the " Society for...

...Massachusetts Charter, it was expressly made the duty of the settlers "to win and incite the natives of that country, to the knowledge and obedience of the only true God and Saviour of mankind." An association was formed in England, confirmed in the year 1647, under the name of the " Society for...

...governed, as that, by their good life and orderly conversation, they may win and invite the native Indians of the country to the knowledge and obedience of the only true God and Saviour of mankind ; willing, commanding, and requiring, and by these presents, for us, our heirs, and successors, ordaining...

...The Massachusetts Company recognized in their charter the fact, that to " win and incite the natives to the knowledge and. obedience of the only true God and Saviour of mankind," was " the principal end of this plantation," and " the adventurers' free profession." [Mass. Col. Rec....

...and the obligations so particularly expressed in the Massachusetts charter, — viz., " to incite the natives of the country to the knowledge and obedience...and Saviour of mankind, and the Christian faith," — had, it was felt by many, been too much and too long neglected. Such was the feeling of not a few...

...colonists declared "the principal ende of this plantation" of Massachusetts to be, " to win and incite the natives of the country to the knowledge and obedience...God and Saviour of mankind, and the Christian faith ;" and to complete the moral unity of the bishop's missionary sermon, and the designs of our fathers,...

...and the obligations so particularly expressed in the Massachusetts charter, — viz., " to incite the natives of the country to the knowledge and obedience...and Saviour of mankind, and the Christian faith," — had, it was felt by many, been too much and too long neglected. Such was the feeling of not a few...

...civilly and peaceably governed, that their good life and orderly conversation may win and invite the natives of the country to the knowledge and obedience...Saviour of mankind and the Christian faith, which is our royal intention and the adventurer's free profession, is the only and principal end of this...