Sir William Phips (February 2, 1651-February 18, 1695) was a colonial Governor of Massachusetts, 1692-95, who, during the French and Indian Wars, led the troops to capture the French colony of Port Royal. He stated:
<I have divers times been in danger of my life; and I have been brought to see that I owe my life to Him who has given His precious life for me. I thank God He has led me to see myself altogether unhappy without an interest in the Lord Jesus Christ, and to close heartily with Him, desiring Him to execute all His offices on my behalf. I have now, for some time, been under serious resolution, that I should avoid whatever I knew to be displeasing to God, that I should serve Him all the days of my life....
I knew that if God had a people anywhere, it was here, and I resolved to rise or fall with them; neglecting very great advantages for my worldly interests, that I might come and enjoy the ordinances of the Lord Jesus here.> 1651WP001
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Endnotes:
1651WP001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Sir William Phipps. Lives of the Great Fathers of New England, pp. 240-241. Stephen Abbott Northrop, D.D., A Cloud of Witnesses (Portland, OR: American Heritage Ministries, 1987; Mantle Ministries, 228 Still Ridge, Bulverde, Texas), pp. 359-360.