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as well as Friends, that you are
an Host of Mighty Men; Choice
Men of {God's} Israel, Men on Renown,
Valiant for the Safety & Deliverance of distressed
America! This will encourage
your friends; they will put conf-
idence in you; they will honour
you: they will load you with
laurels of fame from Generation
to Generation. - Without flattery,
for flattery I hate; to your Honor be
it spoken, your Readiness to serve
your Country has been admirable!
Much pleasure & satisfaction has
it given me your Chaplain to see your
Alertness to play the Men for your
People, & the Cities of your God; and
I cant but hope with some sense of
the overuling Hand of a divine Pro-
vidence, so that you leave Events
with The all wise Arbiter & Disposer
of All Things. Confident that you
would [sit?] upon the best and
most Honourable Motives; That you