Early Americans grew up with pastors who taught clearly what God expected and promised concerning self and civil government, and how obedience to God’s Word leads to liberty.
Pastor John Robinson nurtured and taught the Puritan-turned-separatists who had to flee for their lives from England to Holland. For eleven years he poured Biblical principles into his flock and sent them to America with this final admonition, in part:
“Lastly, whereas you are become a body politic, using amongst yourselves civil government, and are not furnished with any persons of special eminency above the rest, to be chosen by you into office of government; let your wisdom and godliness appear, not only in choosing such persons as do entirely love and will promote the common good, but also in yielding unto them all due honor and obedience in their lawful administrations, not beholding in them the ordinariness of their persons, but God’s ordinance for your good; not being like the foolish multitude who more honor the gay coat than either the virtuous mind of the man, or glorious ordinance of the Lord. But you know better things, and that the image of the Lord’s power and authority which the magistrate beareth, is honorable…”
This tiny storm-tossed flock then framed the following governmental document when they were providentially swept out of their agreed upon jurisdiction. They honored their pastor’s careful instruction and framed the covenantal document, The Mayflower Compact in 1620. Here are excerpts:
“In the name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwritten… by the grace of God Having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian Faith… in the presence of God and one another, covenant, and combine ourselves together into a civil body politick…”
Father, Restore America’s Biblical Heritage, in Jesus’ Name we pray, Amen!
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