...an explicit recognition of the right of the best men to lead and the others to follow. He called for "all lawful obedience to those that are over us, in Church or Commonwealth,... that they should have encouragement in their places, by our not grieving their spirits through our...

...whereby both groups promise neither to "[slight] our sister churches" nor to "[lay] a stumbling-block before any, no, not the Indians, whose good we desire to promote" (1:71). New England's white settlers must always remember the larger narrative in which their story...

...slighting our sister churches; but using their counsel as need shall be ; not laying a stumbling block before any ; no not the Indians whose good we desire...to carry ourselves in all lawful obedience to those who are over us in church, or commonwealth, knowing how well pleasing il would be to the Lord, thnt...