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title: "1 God Covenant Quotes By William Bradford"
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> [Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and 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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bradford/having-undertaken-for-the-glory-of-god-and-advancement-of-the/)

[William Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bradford/)

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## More by William Bradford

> [ “And I may not omit here a special work of God's providence. There was a proud and very profane young man \[aboard the Mayflower\],… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bradford/and-i-may-not-omit-here-a-special-work-of-god-s-providence-there-was/)

[William Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bradford/)

> [And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sharp and violent, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bradford/and-for-the-season-it-was-winter-and-they-that-know-the-winters-of/)

[William Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bradford/)

> [We could not now take time for further search or consideration, our victuals being much spent, especially our beer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bradford/we-could-not-now-take-time-for-further-search-or-consideration-our/)

[William Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bradford/)

> [But it pleased God to visit us then with death daily, and with so general a disease that the living were scarce able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bradford/but-it-pleased-god-to-visit-us-then-with-death-daily-and-with-so/)

[William Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bradford/)

> [Behold, now, another providence of God. A ship comes into the harbor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bradford/behold-now-another-providence-of-god-a-ship-comes-into-the-harbor/)

[William Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bradford/)

> [Thus out of small beginnings greater things have been produced by His hand that made all things of nothing, and gives being to all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bradford/thus-out-of-small-beginnings-greater-things-have-been-produced-by-his/)

[William Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bradford/)

> [Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bradford/having-undertaken-for-the-glory-of-god-and-advancement-of-the/)

[William Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bradford/)

> [Though I bequeath you no estate, I leave you in the enjoyment of liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bradford/though-i-bequeath-you-no-estate-i-leave-you-in-the-enjoyment-of/)

[William Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bradford/)

> [All great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bradford/all-great-and-honorable-actions-are-accompanied-with-great/)

[William Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bradford/)

> [As one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many, yea in some sort to our whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bradford/as-one-small-candle-may-light-a-thousand-so-the-light-here-kindled/)

[William Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bradford/)

> [The LORD is the help of my life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bradford/the-lord-is-the-help-of-my-life/)

[William Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bradford/)

> [The great hope, and for the propagating and advancing the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in those remote parts of the world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bradford/the-great-hope-and-for-the-propagating-and-advancing-the-gospel-of/)

[William Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bradford/)

> [“May not and ought not the children of these fathers rightly say: "Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bradford/may-not-and-ought-not-the-children-of-these-fathers-rightly-say-our/)

[William Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bradford/)

> [The loss of...honest and industrious men's lives cannot be valued at any price.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bradford/the-loss-of-honest-and-industrious-men-s-lives-cannot-be-valued-at/)

[William Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bradford/)

> [Yea, let them which have been redeemed of the Lord, shew how He hath delivered them from the hand of the oppressor. When they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bradford/yea-let-them-which-have-been-redeemed-of-the-lord-shew-how-he-hath/)

[William Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bradford/)

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