That which the Lord our God hath given us, shall we not possess it?
God forbid that we should give away the inheritance of our fathers.

Nor would it be wisdom for us to comply.

If we make a full and entire resignation to the King's pleasure, we fall into the hands of men immediately; but if we do not, we still keep ourselves in the hands of God; and who knows what God may do for us ?" The historian says that "the effect of such an appeal was wholly irresistible; that many of the people fell into tears, and there was a general acclamation." (Barry's Colonial History of Massachusetts, Vol.

I., pp.

476, 477.) It is not easy to squeeze as much extravagance and nonsense in the same space as in the above quoted words of Increase Mather.