The Mayflower Compact, another of America's Judeo Christian Heritage founding documents, starts out with

IN The Name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honor of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first colony in the northern Parts of Virginia; Do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience. In WITNESS whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King James of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth and of Scotland, the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini, 1620

John Carver Edward Tilley Degory Priest William Bradford John Tilley Thomas WilliamsEdward Winslow Francis Cooke Gilbert WinslowWilliam Brewster Thomas Rogers Edmund MargesonIssac Allerton Thomas Tinker Peter Browne Myles Standish John Rigdale Richard BritteridgeJohn Alden Edward Fuller Georoe Soule Samuel Fuller John Turner Richard ClarkeChristopher Martin Francis Eaton Richard GardinerWilliam Mullins James Chilton John Allerton William White John Crackston Thomas English Richard Warren John Billington Edward Dotey John Howland Moses Fletcher Edward LeisterStephen Hopkins John Goodman

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