Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . nour forus whose Religion and Piety shine forth w1!1 an Eminency no wayes in-feriour to those other sublime Endowments possess Your Excellencysnoble and generous Soule. And We are thereby encouraged to hope (as we do earnestly pray)That, as well by Your Excys countenance and Patronage as by the Ex-ample of yor Great Piety, This Congregation may flourish and increase,both in number and Virtue, to the Glory of Almighty God. With our most humble and fervent supplications to the Throne ofGrace for Yf Excellencys
Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . nour forus whose Religion and Piety shine forth w1!1 an Eminency no wayes in-feriour to those other sublime Endowments possess Your Excellencysnoble and generous Soule. And We are thereby encouraged to hope (as we do earnestly pray)That, as well by Your Excys countenance and Patronage as by the Ex-ample of yor Great Piety, This Congregation may flourish and increase,both in number and Virtue, to the Glory of Almighty God. With our most humble and fervent supplications to the Throne ofGrace for Yf Excellencys health and felicity, and that (so soon as theAffaires of His Majesties Service will admit) We may be made happy byYour Excellencys presence amongst us, We Subscribe, w!1 all dutyfullSubmission, Your Excellencyes most humble and Most obedient Servants, Samuell Myles, Presbiter. George Turfrey, ) ttt .T T \ Wardens. John Indicott, j In the name and by the appointment of the above-said Congregation. Boston, 2 May, 1698. Sent to Mr. Graham, at New York. THE CIHRCH TAKES ROOT. I4I. ARMS OF BELLOMONT. Richard, second Baron Cootc,1 had been M, 1. lor Dwitwich, and the sen ices o\ his family had made him welcome at thecourt of the restored monarch; but onthe accession of James II. he retiredfor some years to the Continent, onlyreturning on the peremptory commandof the King, Nov. 22, 1687. A leadingWhig and Protestant, he was one of thefirst to welcome the Prince of Orange,and was soon appointed Treasurer andReceiver-General to Queen Mary, be-ing in consequence attainted by theIrish Parliament of James II. This,however, only increased the favor ofKing William, to whom, pleasing in person and manner, sensibleand honest, he had become a warm personal friend, and whocreated him Earl of Bellomont, Nov. 2, 1689. He was namedGovernor of New York early in 1695, although his commissionwas not received until 1697, an<^ ft was the spring of 1698 whenhe arrived in his province. In selecting him
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