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CALVINISM AND POLITICS. William

arrival of

But

the Stuarts. lution.

It

of Orange, and the overthrow of

III,

equally true of your

is

it

expressed,

is

so

in

many

own Revo-

words,

the

in

by John Hancock, that the Americans asserted themselves by virtue "of the law of nature and of nature's God" that they acted "as endowed by the Creator with certain unalienable Declaration of independence^

—

;

rights"; that they appealed to

— "the

Supreme Judge of

the world for the rectitude of their intention";

and

i.

that they sent forth their "declaration of Independence"

"with

a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Pro-

vidence".

2.

In

confessed

in

the

the

the legislators."

It is

3.

He

which

specifically

many

a

and

honoured

"the Sovereign Ruler",

as

In

7.

i)

American

that

in

2)

Ibidem

p. 8.

4)

Ibidem

II,

5)

Ibidem

p.

p.

moment

a

5.

3) p.

19.

6) p.

of supreme anxiety, in prayer.

by Franklin E. Hugh, Albany

p. 549,

555.

5.

there

from

wisdom from God

Ccjisiitiitic7is, I.

it is

one of the meetings of the Convention,

proposed,

Co, 1S72. Vol.

6.

and

4.

God alone the people choose their own form of govern-

admitted,

that they should ask

religious liberty,

upon our endeavours."

blessing

received "the right to

Franklin

preamble

of the States: — "Grateful to

and the "Legislator of the Universe"

ment."

hath pleased the

it

also declared in the

for the civil, political

for

there

is

is

has so long permitted us to enjoy and looking

unto Him,

God

it

the world to incline the hearts of

of

of the Constitution of

Almighty God

of Confederation"

preamble, — "that

Governor

great

"Articles

555.

7)

p.

549.

And

Weed Parsons

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