We His Majesty's most Dutiful & Loyal Subjects, the Members of his Council for this Province, Beg leave to return your Excelly. our sincere & hearty Thanks for your Speech at the Opening of this Session. 

We cannot sufficiently admire the Wonders, wrought by the Almighty (in behalf of the Protestant Reformed Religion) who has so Visibly extended his protecting Arm, for our Defence, inspired our Ministry with a Patriot Spirit (whereby they have pursued true British Measures) whilst at the same time, He has been pleasd to confound the Councils of our implacable Enemy, and render fruitless all the Measures by them taken to enslave a Nation, remarkable for it's love of Religion & Liberty. 

The many Successes our Arms, have had, over the common Enemy, together with the Victories obtain’d in Europe, by His Majesty Army & that of our Glorious Ally the King of Prussia; will we hope oblige that haughty Enemy, to agree to a Peace, that may secure to us, the invaluable Priviledges, inherent in the British Nation. 

We shall always think it our Duty, to join the other House, in Amending, or Enacting such Laws, as may tend to the Welfare of this Province; And, as those your Excellency has mentioned, can have no other End, We shall with Alacrity, enter upon the consideration of them, That we may shew by Deed, rather than by Word, That we have at Heart nothing more, Than the Defence of our Country, The promoting of true Religion, The Education of our Youth, in the reformed Protestant Religion, & Moral Virtues, the Support of our Credit, & the Encouragement of our Commerce. 

We are much obliged to your Excellency, for your Assurances, to do every thing for the Safety, Increase & Improvement of this Province; And we beg leave to return you Sir, our sincere Thanks, for that unwearied Diligence whereby you have pursued those measures, that might tend to those desirable Purposes, & which of course will always render your Administration Happy & Prosperous.