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The Weight of Testimony
found clearly written and promulgated in the
New Testament.
--Samuel Adams, 1772
The rights to freedom being the gift ofGod
Almighty.... The Rights of the Colonists as
Christians
...
may be best understoodby reading
and carefully studying the institutes ofthe great
LawGiver. .. which are to be found clearly written
andpromulgated in the New Testament.
-- Samuel Adams, 1772
We think it is incumbent upon this people to
humble themselves before God on account of
their sins, for He hast been pleased in His
righteous judgement to suffer a great calamity
to befall us, as the present controversy between
Great Britain and the Colonies, and also to
implore the Divine Blessing upon us, that by the
assistance of His grace, we may be able to
reform whatever is amiss among us.
-- John Hancock, 1774
We have this day restored the Sovereign, to
Whom alone men ought to be obedient He
reigns in Heaven and. .. from the rising to the
setting sun, mayHis Kingdom come! Principally,
and first ofall, I resign my soul to the Almighty
Being who gave it, andmy body I commit to the
dust, relying on the merits ofJesus Christ for the
pardon ofmy sins.
-- Samuel Adams, 1776
...
the laws ofNature andofNature:S- God ...
that all men are created equal, that they are
endowedby theirCreator with certain inalienable
rights
...
appealing to the Supreme Judge of the
world for the rectitude ofour intentions
...
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