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THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT In the name of God, Amen. We whose names are under-written, 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, etc. 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, in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine our selves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to 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 hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the eleventh of November [New Style, November 21], in the year of the reign of our sovereign lord, King James, of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Dom. 1620.
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I need to know where and why exactly the Mayflower Compact and It’s declarers come into play/define what the Founding Fathers of our Constitution adopted. I would suspect that from the time of the Mayflower Compact to the Constitution there were various opinions as to the theological basis of the new Nation with a supreme God of their fathers being foremost. I do believe that the Founders did not intend to base the new Nation on a supreme Allah or supreme Buddha or any other supreme whatever as some people might like to make the case.