Constitution of the New England Confederation May 19, 1643, as covenanted together by the colonists of New Plymouth, New Haven, Massachusetts & Connecticut, stated:

"The Articles of Confederation between the plantations under the government of Massachusetts, the plantations under the government of New Plymouth, the plantations under the government of Connecticut, and the government of New Haven with the plantations in combination therewith:

 

"Whereas we all came to these parts of America with the same end and aim, namely, to advance the Kindgome of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to injoy the liberties of the Gospell thereof with purities and peace, and for preserving and propagating the truth and liberties of the gospell." ¹

 

¹ May 19, 1643.  B.F. Morris, The Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States (Philadelphia: George W. Childs, 1864), p. 56.  Gary DeMar, God and Government (Atlanta, GA: American Vision Press, 1984), p. 112.  Henry S. Commager, ed., Documents of American History (NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1948), p. 26.  William McDonald, ed., Documentary Source Book of American History, 1606-1889 (NY: The Macmillan Company, 1909), p. 46.  David Barton, The Myth of Separation (Aledo, TX: WallBuilder Press, 1991), p. 88.  Also "Our Christian Heritage," Letter from Plymouth Rock (Marlborough, NH: The Plymouth Rock Foundation), p. 2.  Gary DeMar, The Untold Story (Atlanta, GA: American Vision, Inc., 1993), pp. 37-38.