As Tbelieve I must acknowledge the Compliment therein as Intended for me, I am bound in Gratitude to declare to you my obligation to that Worthy Prelate for the Distinguished honor he has conferred on my little endeavors in his excellent Discourse before so Worthy & respectable an audience.
I can affirm with Truth that besides my own heartfelt Satisfaction I have no motive, or occasion to Spurr my Inclinations than thereby to acquire the friendship of those Worthy Characters by whom it is an honor to be Esteemed & I am only concerned that with such Inclinations I have not more ability to merit their favorable Testimonies.
You haye doubtless many interruptions in the prosecut of your favorite object, but I hope you may soon compleat it to yt Satisfact® as I know it will.be to mine when you favor me with the- perusal.
If, you think the,fund you hint at will at all answer I shall be glad to have it explained, and I approve much of yt Intended application to Gov" Tryon, as his amiable character, and Countenance of the-Church in the Colony he lately Governed shews him to bea real friend to its Interests the orig! Intentions, (or perhaps pretences) of all Gov's in planting America seemed to haye the Christianizing the Natives as a principal object. It has
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been declared in Charters & I believe in the Gov's Instructions, but tho' it may have been long considered as matter of form, & Consequently little regarded, It may nevertheless have a good effect, and meet with more serious attention under the administration of a Gent already disposed to the Interests of the Church.