BY
THE
Governour
,
Council
,
AND
REPRESENTATIVES
,
Convened
in
a
Great
and
General
Court
,
or
Assembly
of
Their
Majesties
Province
of
the
Massachusetts-Bay
:
Held
at
Boston
the
8th
of
June
.
1692.
IT
having
pleased
Almighty
God
,
in
his
Rich
mercy
to
preserve
the
Persons
of
Their
Majesties
,
and
to
continue
peace
within
Their
Three
Kingdoms
:
As
also
to
grant
a
safe
Arrival
to
His
Excellency
,
our
Governour
,
and
the
Reverend
Mr.
Increase
Mather
,
who
have
Industriously
Endeavoured
the
Service
of
this
People
,
and
have
brought
over
with
them
a
Settlement
of
Government
,
in
which
Their
Majesties
have
graciously
given
us
,
Distinguishing
Marks
of
Their
Royal
Favour
and
Goodness
:
It
having
likewise
pleased
God
,
to
vouchsafe
a
great
measure
of
Health
,
and
comfortable
hopes
of
an
Harvest
,
to
lay
Restraints
upon
our
Enemies
,
and
signally
to
Disappoint
and
Defeat
them
in
a
late
Attack
upon
the
Eastern
Parts
.
It
is
Ordered
,
That
Thursday
,
the
Fourteenth
Day
of
July
next
,
be
kept
as
a
Day
of
Solemn
THANKSGIVING
unto
God
:
For
which
end
,
all
Servile
Labour
on
that
Day
is
hereby
Inhibited
:
And
the
several
Ministers
and
Assemblies
in
this
Province
,
are
directed
to
pay
the
Vows
of
Praise
unto
that
God
that
Heareth
Prayers
.
By
Order
of
the
Governour
&
Council
,
&c.
Isaac
Addington
Secr.
.