{"id":114300,"date":"2019-11-28T00:16:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T07:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=114300"},"modified":"2019-11-14T23:18:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T06:18:53","slug":"the-mayflower-compact-is-good-reading-for-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2019\/11\/the-mayflower-compact-is-good-reading-for-thanksgiving.html","title":{"rendered":"The Mayflower Compact is Good Reading for Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>In ye name of God Amen\u00b7 We whose names are vnderwriten,<br>\nthe loyall subjects of our dread soueraigne Lord King James<br>\nby ye grace of God, of great Britaine, franc, &amp; Ireland king,<br>\ndefender of ye faith, &amp;c<br>\nHaueing vndertaken, for ye glorie of God, and aduancemente<br>\nof ye christian ^faith and honour of our king &amp; countrie, a voyage to<br>\nplant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia\u00b7 doe<br>\nby these presents solemnly &amp; mutualy in ye presence of God, and<br>\none of another, couenant, &amp; combine our selues togeather into a<br>\nciuill body politick; for ye our better ordering, &amp; preseruation &amp; fur=<br>\ntherance of ye ends aforesaid; and by vertue hearof, to enacte,<br>\nconstitute, and frame shuch just &amp; equall lawes, ordinances,<br>\nActs, constitutions, &amp; offices, from time to time, as shall be thought<br>\nmost meete &amp; conuenient for ye generall good of ye colonie:  vnto<br>\nwhich we promise all due submission and obedience.  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