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your own vines and lilies be not hurt.
You that are
governors and judges, you should be eyes to the blind, feet to the lame, and fathers to the poor; that you may gain the blessing of those who are ready to perish, and cause the widow's heart to sing for gladness.
If you rejoice because your hand hath gotten much; if you say to fine gold, Thou art my confidence,—you will have denied the God that is above.
The
Lord is ruler among nations; he will crown his people with dominion.’
1
In the midst of this innocent tranquillity, Byllinge, the original grantee of
Berkeley, claimed as proprietary the right of nominating the deputy-governor.
The usurpation was resisted.
Byllinge grew importunate; and the Quakers, setting a new precedent, amended their constitutions, according to the prescribed method, and then elected a governor.
Every thing went well in
West New Jersey; this method of reform was the advice of William
Penn.
For in the mean time
William Penn had become
deeply interested in the progress of civilization on the
Delaware.
In company with eleven others, he had purchased
East New Jersey of the heirs of
Carteret.
But of the eastern moiety of
New Jersey, peopled chiefly by Puritans, the history is intimately connected with that of New York.
The line that divides
East and
West New Jersey, is the line where the influence of the humane society of Friends is merged in that of Puritanism.
It was for the grant of a territory on the opposite bank
of the
Delaware, that
William Penn, in June, 1680 became a suitor.
2 His father, distinguished in
English 
