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Show The AuTHOR's LIFE. VoL. I; t :1:1 . d I 'ujlicetbor batb been too much rxercifed 16s1• veryfrnfible oftbiUnkmd~f!i,~~ Pa~tso[tbr World, wbo bav<Jougbt th<111- ~ towards you by the People 0J 1 1J 1 b 011 rather than to be Examples of - - felver, and to makt great Jidvantaleb I~e!r barb been Matter of Trouble to J uftice and Goodnefs una Y0/'· w " d Animojitits fometimer to the ./htrly_ ou, tznd ca;ted Qrtat ru ~mgb:n Great God anlry. But I am not fucb a ding of Bloo , wb~eb ha[b ma 1 1 C . 1 have great Love and Regard tuMan as is t»tU known m my ~wn /un_~y ·our Love and Friendjhip by a kind, f»ard~ you, and ift{;~ 10 w;;b~nPe;;;, 1}end are 0f rbefame. Min4, and ./hiD. Juft andPeacea e 1e, an d' 1 nd ifin anyThtnG any lhaUof in ah Things behave tbemfdves accor mg Y;u 0and {pcedy Satisjnflion /or _tbe fend you or your People, Y0~~foJ~hMenaf:r both Sides, that hy no meomyou fame by on equal J\Tumber 0-!' ~;q: d J injl_ them. 1 foa!J jhortly come to )'Oil may bavr jujl Occofion of brmg 0.lienl' '&'and fmly confer and difcourf< of my Jelf, at what. Time we maf/1167 h arge fent my Commiffioners to tren_t wirb tbife Matters, tn t!Je mean ime a{eR a. Ln me de ]ire you to be kmd to you about Land, and a tm ~aguh ~ Pr~fe~ts and Tokens which I have ftttt ythoeum, aasn ad Ttheei ~bemo~pnley, oto. n 111rJ. ugeono; { V/netO)'OU and my ReJo!ution to live jufilJ 1 , peaceably and Fnend Y wllb you. 1 am your Loving Friend , W. Penn. His Fri·e ndly and pac•if ic k Ma nner 0 f 1_ rea t'~ ngnd thhies IPnedoiapnlse bleog atth iant ththeemy an Extra.ord~nary Lovfoe ~nAd ~egar~t~~:~"E:ng/ifh of Penfylv;nia ever fmce. have rnamratned a per el.~ mtty WI • T · h the prefent Gave,. And ~tisobfervable, !hat upo~ renewtng~he ~~~lo:~~e Name of WiDiat.J • nour S~r Wi!Jiam. Kezt~, Bar. m 17'l'l{t·~ney callin him,¥- .A. good Man, and * rbe Hi.fton· Penn V.:tth !Jluchft ~autlde an~ !ffSi: W;uiam :re this Expreffion, t ~~ cal Reglfter as theu htghe om~ emen W 1 L L 1 AM pEN N himfe/f. So um· {~'1;~N ~~b. efle[.j1 4d~:t;v: Y~~;;~;$e >'~£ Pee::e, Juftice ·and Morality, operate on the xxx. P· I07· vcr a Y f h fc call Heathens t Jb. P• 1o1. Hearts even o t 0 e hweF. d talC' nflitutions of Penfylvania, in Twenty 11tFund~~t~~en· He alfo drew up t e un omen bfi ~b db the firft Adventurers and Free· uJC,Pituti· Four Articles confenr~d to, and [u Gcn e d a~d Rule of all future Govem- ~.i{ Z;:Z'· holde~s Tt.'~;ft ~£::;:~:{, Art~cl~s, fh~~ing that his l:'rincipl~ was to giv? Ill- ~e~~il as take Liberty of Confcience in Matters of ReligiOn, we fhall tran • cribe. The Firjl Co.NSTITUTIO.N. . ' In Reverence to God, the FtJtber of Light and Spirits, . the Author 35 71< F"JI !"'' , 11 as Ob]·ea of all Divine Knowledge, Faith and Worfh•p, l doGfor me d•mellttd .. on- we 11 1.1L fi h p.; Jl Fundamental of the over~ ftilutitm, ' and mine, ~eclare and euab hu orpt ; "h d th or (hall refide therein, ' ment of thts Country, that every etJOD t at . o . 'fi f , {hall have and enjoy the Free Profellion of his or het Fa"h anhdPEx~CI ili:n ' Worfhi toward God in fuch Way and Manner as every fuc el.l,on ' in Confc~ence believe is moft acceptable to ~od :. And fo lqng as e\'ery fuc~ • Perfon ufeth not this Chrijlion Liberty to Luenrzoufnefs, or thi Deitru~~' on of others, that is to fay, to fpeak loofely and prop~ane y, or c 'c c tern tuoufly of God, Chrift, the Holy Scrip!uret, .or Rc!tgJOn,,or .comm~r '" f3h0 i lMoral Evil or Injury, againft others tn theu Co.nvcrfa~u:~n · ~e {hall be protetled in the Enjoyment of the aforefa1d Cbrij/wn L,bmJ ' by the Civil Magij/rate. .r p • · ~ In the next Year, 1682, he _publiilied The Frame of Gov_ernmenr o; e~- - 1682. 11lvania, containing Twenty Fou.r Articles fomewhat varymg from ~~;of ~ f~refaid Conflitutiont, together wuh Gcertam otherdLJ.ws ~ofhe~~e~mof the GovmnnenJ Forty, agreed. on in E_ngland, by the overnour an tver e r . of Penfylva- faid Province: Of which La~s o~e was,. r fi d k wledgc naa. ' That all Perfons living m this Provmce, wh.o coOie s an ac no Ruler ! the Ont illmigbty and Eut;~~al pod, to be the C1eator, Upholder and of VoL. I." The AuT Holt's LIFE. c of the World, and that hold themfelves obliged iA Conrcience to li\•e 16i2. " peaceably and juftly in Civil Society, fhall in no wife be moleited or pre· ~ ~ judiced for their RtligiotH Ptrfwafion, or Prafiice. in Maners of Faith and ~ Worfhip ; nor fhall they be compelled at ~my T1me to frequent or mairt- • rain any Religious Worfhip, Place, or Miniftry whatfoever. The refi of thofe Laws reladng to the Encouragement of rhe Planters, fuppreffing of Vice and Immorality, and the good Government and Regulation of the Province, our Reader may perufe at his Pleafure. In the 6rh Monrh, 1682, himfelf, accompanied wich diverfe of his HU firfl ,.,;,Friends, rook O,ipping for his Province of Penfylvania, and on the 3oth of 1 ovu ~~ feo~ the fame Month, he writ from the Downs, A Fortw~/ to England., being fylvama. .dn Epif/le containing a Salutation Io tiD Fairb]11! Friends. After a profperous Voyage of Six Weeks, they came within Sight of the Hil Arriv.lln American Coa/1, from whence the Air at Twelve Leag~:~es Difiance, fmelt as Peofytvan~. Sweet as a N,ew-blown Garden. Sailing up the River, the Jnhahicants, :rs well D11tcb and Swedes, as &g!ijh, met him with Demonftrations of Joy and SatisfaEl:ion. He landed at Nea:ctiflle, a Place mo1tly inhabited by the D11tcb, and rhe nev:t Day he fummoned the Peoplew the Court~Houjc, where Hub of s;, l'oifeffion of the Country was Legally given him: He rhen made a Speech, spwb" '" fetting forth the Purpofe of his coming, and the Ends of Government, giv~ :fe,""6~t' ing them Affurances of a Free Enjoyment of Liberty of Confcience in Things wca e. Spiritual, and of Civil Freedom in Temporal, and recommending co them to live in Sobriety and Peace one with :~not her : After which, he renewed 8 , mdes • the Magiftrates Commiffions, and then depaned to Up/anti or CMflcr, wllere Spmb 111 .,, he caU"d an Affembly, to whom he made the like Declaration, and received tfe7fe~.at11114 their thankful Acknowledgments. Here alfo the Swrde.r deputed one Cap· ;. Congr•tldr tain Lual G:lok in their Names to Congratulate him upon his fafe Arrival, ud b! '" and to aflure him bf their Fidelity, Love and·O~edience. Swedes. ' By chis Time fame Progrefs had been made in Building at PbilnJelpbitt, and feveral precry fioufes were run up on the Side of the Rivec .Delaware: The Governor himfelfhad :1. fair Manfion~Houfe erected at Pmn's-Bury, nea:r An Houft the Fall of the faid River, at which he fometimes refided. The Country ErefledfoniR: was unexceptionable, the Air exceeding Clear, Sweet and Healthy; and Governour. Provifions, both Meat and Drink, Good and Plentiful. In rhe Tenth Month following, a General A.fi'embly of the Freeholders AGenml Af. was held ac Cbt;1u aforefaid, ar which 1\'ewca/l!e was annexed to Penfjlva~ feml~ of tb~: nia; The Foreigners there inhabiting were Naruraliz'd, and rhe Law! be- :5h~ft:e~m •r fore agreed on in Englnnd, with fome Amendments and Alterations, were • Contirm•d and Rarified; and the whole Proceedings of the Affembly carried on wich Love and Unanimity. J;\fter the Adjournment of that Affembly, he weRt to J.fary/anJ, and was JJ;. Btteptim there kindly received by.the Lord Btdtimore, and the Chir/s of that Colony: :; ldh,?lanc! They held a Treaty about feeling the Bounds of their Provinces; but the BaltjmoreLOI'4 Seafon of the Year not admining che Conclufion of chat Bufinefs, after Two • Days Conference, he took his Leave, and the Lord Baltimort accompanied him back fome Miles to the Houfe of one William Ricbardfon; from thence he went Two Miles farther to a Meeting of his Friends, ac the Haufe of ' ThomtU Hooker, and afterward forwarded his Journey to Chopttmk, on the A Mftthg t;l Eajlern Shore, where was to be an appointed ~eeting of Colonels, Magi· ~~'~t:; flrous, and People of feveral Ranks and Qualmes. Thus he proceeded co t2Dk "" Jh; fettle his Government and Province, and· co Eftablirha Good Correfpondc!:nce Eil(l:n, Slwtt. with his Nei~hbours. Nor was the Advancement of himfelf or hit Family · in Worldly Wealrh and Grandeur, his Ajm in the Adminiftration of G~ I/i6 Ai• i• vernment; but in rh~ Greateft Honour of his Publick Station, he ltill re· ;~;:If rained the MeeknefS and Humility of a Private Chrifiian: Tbe Sincerity of AdV611&llM71J. his Intentions, and with what Zeal and Ardour he purfued :1 Gureral GooJ, · are bell: expreft by his own Words, in a Letter to a l'crfoo who had unduly reftetled on him, viz. - . ; .. .illy |