Government did not make
armed resistance against "the fall of the first
Charter," and remarks upon them 221

The Government of Massachusetts Bay continued two
years after "the fall of the Charter," as if
nothing had happened 226

They promptly proclaim King James the Second;
take the oath of allegiance to him; send the
Rev. Increase Mather as agent to thank his
Majesty for his proclamation of indulgence,
to pray for the restoration of the first Charter,
and for the removal of Sir Edmund Andros; King
James grants several friendly audiences, but
does nothing 226

On the dethronement of James the Second, Dr. Increase
Mather pays his homage to the new King, with
professions (no doubt sincere) of overflowing
loyalty to him (in a note) 226

Unsuccessful efforts of Dr. Increase Mather to
obtain the restoration of the first Charter, though
aided by the Queen, Archbishop Tillotson, Bishop
Burnet, the Presbyterian clergy, and others 228

How the second Charter was prepared and granted; Dr.
Increase Mather first protests against, and then
gratefully accepts the Charter; nominates the first
Governor, Sir William Phips 229

Nine principal provisions of the new Charter 233

Puritan legal opinions on the defects of the first
Charter, the constant violation of it by the
Massachusetts Bay Government, and the unwisdom of
its restoration (in a note) 233

A small party in Boston opposed to accepting the new
Charter; Judge Story on the salutary influence of
the new Charter on the legislation and progress of
the Colony 235

Happy influence of the new Charter upon toleration,
loyalty, peace and unity of society in Massachusetts--proofs 237

The spirit of the old leaven of bigotry still surviving;
and stung with the facts of Neal's History of New
England on "the persecuting principles and practices of
the first planters," a remarkable letter from the Rev.
Dr. Isaac Watts, dated February 19, 1720, addressed to the
Rev. Dr. Cotton Mather, explanatory of Neal's History, and
urging the formal repeal of the "cruel and sanguinary