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“ I. We the lords spiritual and temporal and commons in this present Parliament assembled, in the name of all the people of this kingdom, do, from the bottom of our hearts, with all possible thankfulnessacknowledgment of God’s goodness therein.acknowledge the goodness of Almighty God, in raising up their Majesties to deliver us and to reign over us, of whose goodness, wisdom and courage, we have already found such happy and blessed effects. ”