And whereas the inhabitants of our said province have of late years been unliappily divided, and by their enmity to each other, our service and their own general welfare have been very much obstructed, you are therefore in the execution of our commission to avoid the engaging yourself in the parties which have been formed amongst them, and to use such impartiality and moderation to all as may best conduce to our service and the good of the colony."

Article 60. " You shall take especial care that God Almighty be devoutly and duly served throughout your government, the book of common prayer as by law established read each Sunday and holyday, and the blessed sacraments administered, according to the rites of the Church of England. You shall be careful that the churches already built there be well and orderly kept, and that more be built as the colony shall by God's blessing be improved, and that besides a competent maintenance to be assigned to the minister of each orthodox church a convenient house be built at the common charge, for each minister, and u competent proportion of land assigned him for a glebe and exercise of his industry. And you are to take care that the parishes be limited and settled as you shall find most convenient for the accomplishing this good work."

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Henricus, permissionedivina, Londonensis episcopus, dilecto nobis in Christo Johanni Bartow, clerico, salutem et gratiam, ad peragendum officium ministeriale intra provinciam de Novo Eboraco, in America, in precibus cominunibus aliisque ministeriis ecclesiasticis ad officium ministeriale perlinentibus juxta formam descriptam in libro publicarum precum, auctoritale parliamenti hujus inclyti regni Angliae, in ea parte edita, et provisa, et canones, et constitutionis> in ea parte legitime stabilitas, et publicatas, et non aliter neque alio modo ; tibi de cujus fidelitate morum integritate literarum scientia summa doctrina et ddigentia plurimura confidemus, (prsstituta penitus parte juramus totam de agnoscendo regiam supremam majestatam, juxta vim formam et effectum statuti parliamenti dicti regni Anglia^, in ea parte editi et provisi, quam de canonica obedientia nobis et successoribus nostris in omnibus recitis et honestis per te praBStanda et exbibenda subscriplisque pertinentibus iilis articulis mentionatis in tricesimo sexto capitulo libri conslilutorum, sive canonum ecclesiasticorum, anno Domini, 1604, regia auctoritale editorum et promulgatorum licentiam I'acultatum nostram concedimus et impertamur per precedentes, ad nostrum beneplacitum dum tanat duraturas, in cujus rei testimonium sigillam nostram,